Background: Studies into the association between hypertensive disorders during pregnancy
and end-stage renal disease are limited. We investigated the risk of end-stage renal …

Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus can beneficially affect the host by producing acetic acid
and lactic acid, which lower pH and thereby inhibit the growth of pathogens or allow the …

PURPOSE: Studies regarding the clinical benefits of influenza vaccination in diabetic patients
are limited. This study evaluated if the elderly diabetic patients who have had influenza …

Results A total of 6363 patients (average age, 70 years) during a median of 1.3 (range= 0.6–2.5)
years of follow-up were analyzed. There were 1341 (21.1%) patients who reported …

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more at risk for pneumonia than the general
population. Patients with pneumonia are usually treated as outpatients. However, previous …

Background Multidisciplinary care (MDC) was widely used in multiple chronic illnesses but
the effectiveness of MDC in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) was inconclusive. …

Results In total, 2968 patients with stages 3–5 CKD who were not receiving dialysis were
followed for a median of 1.9 years. The incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding per 100 …

Objectives We aimed at determining peptic ulcer disease (PUD) incidence among chronic
kidney disease (CKD) patients during 1998–2008, compared to patients without CKD, and at …

Background Little is known on the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in ESRD patients. This
study compared the incidence of hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality in end-stage renal …

Aim: Vegetarian diets have long been thought of as beneficial to health. However, vegetarian
diets are often low in protein, which is contradictory to the high protein diet guideline for …