proteinuria/hypoxia

200 children aged 2-18 years that will be referred to the Sleep Disorders Center for overnight polysomnography due to suspected sleep disordered breathing or PLMD will be recruited to the study during their first visit in the sleep clinic. During that study, an informed consent will be completed by

Background of the Project including Preliminary Observations Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal mortality, and

Pregestational diabetes represents a high-risk for evolution of preeclampsia (PET), with rates of PET within this group at approximately 20%. The combination of diabetes and preeclampsia places the pregnancy at heightened risk for hypoxia and stillbirth. Placental dysfunction, due to disordered

Subjects with a diagnosis of chronic hypertension made prenatally or in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy (+/- medical therapy). The clinical diagnosis of preeclampsia will follow the current criteria outlined by ACOG (American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists) 10. Study/Project Procedures: -

Pre-eclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy characterized by hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure ⩾140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ⩾90 mmHg) and proteinuria (300 mg or greater in a 24 h urine specimen and/or protein to creatinine ratio of > 0.30) . The disorder usually occurs after 20

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and associated hypoxemia during sleep have been associated with a decline in kidney function. The abnormalities in kidney function associated with OSA have been improved by treatment of OSA with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which is a common and effective

1.1 Primary Aim: To describe MRI response rate as regards edema and enhancement of glioblastoma and radiation- related brain enhancement when treated with subcutaneous (SQ) bevacizumab daily. See section 11 for detail on response assessment. 1.2 Secondary Aims: 1.2.1 To characterize toxicities of SQ

The investigators are carrying out a study of 210 pregnant women , from whom 105 will have pregnancy complicated with preeclampsia and 105 with normal pregnancy. The investigators aim is to investigate the role of the placenta, umbilical cord and amniotic membrane aquaporin expression in

1. Background A. The chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the one of the main burden of chronic diseases and the prevalence of CKD is increasing in worldwide. In Korea, the prevalence of CKD was reported as 13.7% among urban Korean adults in 2008 by our study group. B. It is well known the CKD is the

Introduction: The endothelial growth factor (VEGF), was identified for the first time in the liquid of ascitis in Guinean pigs (6,7). It is a dimeric glycoprotein, naturally expressed in epithelial and tumor cells (1). It's over expression during retinal hypoxia (9), has been implied in the genesis

We hypothesize that patients with CAN will manifest different patterns of gene expression profiling (compared with non-CAN controls), detectable in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and urine cells. By studying differences that exist in peripheral blood or in the graft and its local

The value of anaemia therapy with recombinant erythropoietin and iron for improvement of cardiovascular outcome has been clearly demonstrated in dialysis patients and is standard of care. In this patient collective one study shows that correction of anaemia together with blood pressure control does