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| gabriel mircescuSummaryAffiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Nephrology Dept., "Dr Carol Davila" Teaching Hospital of Nephrology Location: Bucharest, Romania Publications
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Effect of hemodialysis on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant system in patients with chronic renal failureM Mohora
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Biochemistry, Bucharest, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 33:237-42. 1995..Our data indicate that the time since the start of dialysis is an important, but not unique factor, influencing possible oxidative damage during hemodialysis...- Myofibroblast involvement in tubular basement membrane remodeling in type II diabetic nephropathyE Mandache
Department of Nephropathology, Carol Davila Clinical Hospital for Nephrology, Bucharest, Romania
Rom J Morphol Embryol 52:75-9. 2011..The results represent strong arguments for a direct involvement of myofibroblasts in the process of renal interstitial remodeling, tubular basement membrane thickening, and stromal fibrosis in the late stages of diabetic nephropathy... 
Is hepcidin-25 a clinically relevant parameter for the iron status in hemodialysis patients?Lavinia O Brătescu
International Healthcare Systems Sf Pantelimon Dialysis Center, Bucharest, Romania
J Ren Nutr 20:S77-83. 2010..The immunometric methods and mass spectroscopy are currently used to measure hepcidin-25, but no standard exists, and values, although similar in trends, differ in absolute value...- Oxidative stress, renal anemia, and its therapies: is there a link?Cristina Capusa
Department of Nephrology, Dr Carol Davila Teaching Hospital of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
J Ren Nutr 20:S71-6. 2010..Future randomized prospective trials, with "hard" clinical end-points, are needed to establish the real effect of biochemical pro-oxidative changes on patient's outcome... - Nutritional intervention in uremia--myth or reality?Liliana Garneata
Dr Carol Davila Teaching Hospital of Nephrology, Bucharest, Romania
J Ren Nutr 20:S31-4. 2010..However, a careful selection of motivated patients who could benefit from such a diet, closer nutritional monitoring, and dietary counseling are required... - Tuberculin skin test, interferon-gamma assay, and T cells subpopulations in hemodialysis patientsLigia Petrescu
Nephrology Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
J Ren Nutr 20:S109-17. 2010..Observational, prospective, diagnostic study conducted in a HD center in a country with high prevalence of tuberculosis... 
Evaluation of calcium acetate/magnesium carbonate as a phosphate binder compared with sevelamer hydrochloride in haemodialysis patients: a controlled randomized study (CALMAG study) assessing efficacy and tolerabilityAngel L M de Francisco
Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:3707-17. 2010..Phosphate binders are required to control serum phosphorus in dialysis patients. A phosphate binder combining calcium and magnesium offers an interesting therapeutic option...- The safety and efficacy of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose in anaemic patients undergoing haemodialysis: a multi-centre, open-label, clinical studyAdrian Covic
Dialysis and Transplantation Center, Parhon University Hospital, Lasi, Romania
Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:2722-30. 2010..This study primarily investigated the safety, and also the efficacy, of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM), a next-generation i.v. iron formulation, given as a bolus-push injection in patients with CKD undergoing maintenance haemodialysis (HD)... - Bone marrow iron, iron indices, and the response to intravenous iron in patients with non-dialysis-dependent CKDSimona Stancu
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Am J Kidney Dis 55:639-47. 2010.... - Can the response to iron therapy be predicted in anemic nondialysis patients with chronic kidney disease?Simona Stancu
Calea Grivitei 4, 010731 Bucharest, Romania
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5:409-16. 2010..We investigated the accuracy of peripheral and central iron indices to predict the response to intravenous iron in nondialysis patients with CKD and anemia... - Effect of computer-assisted European Best Practice Guideline implementation on adherence and target attainment: ORAMA resultsFrancesco Locatelli
Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, A Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy
J Nephrol 22:662-74. 2009..The Optimal Renal Anemia Management Assessment (ORAMA) study investigated the impact of European Best Practice Guideline (EBPG) prompting on patient outcomes... - Factors affecting the quality of life of haemodialysis patients from Romania: a multicentric studyAnca Seica
Nephrocare Dialysis Center, Iasi, Romania
Nephrol Dial Transplant 24:626-9. 2009..Therefore, QoL needs to be regularly assessed in this setting. Our study describes QoL, as well as demographic and clinical variables associated with QoL in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients in Romania... - Comparison of genomic profiles of Escherichia coli isolates from urinary tract infectionsCodruta Romanita Usein
National Institute of Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology Cantacuzino, Bucharest, Romania
Roum Arch Microbiol Immunol 62:137-54. 2003..For better understanding the epidemiology of UTIs, diseases commonly caused by such a heterogeneous species like E. coli, molecular analysis methods could be essential due to their increased power of identification and fingerprinting... - Nephrology and renal replacement therapy in RomaniaN Ursea
Carol Davila Teaching Hospital of Nephrology, Bucuresti, Romania
Nephrol Dial Transplant 12:684-90. 1997.... - Oxidative stress parameters in hemodialysis patients with or without diabetesV Atanasiu
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Carol Davila UMF, Bucharest, Romania
Rom J Intern Med 44:433-42. 2006..We have concluded that hemodialysed diabetes patients are more susceptible to oxidative stress than hemodialysed patients without diabetes... - Influence of epoietinum therapy on the oxidative stress in haemodialysis patientsGabriel Mircescu
Dr Carol Davila Teaching Hospital of Nephrology, Bucharest, Romania
Nephron Clin Pract 100:c126-32. 2005..The causes of oxidative stress in haemodialysis (HD) patients are still controversial. Beside the uraemic state and dialysis-related factors, adjuvant drug therapies such as epoietinum (rHuEpo) and intravenous iron were involved... - Does dialysis modality influence the oxidative stress of uremic patients?Cristina Capusa
Nephrology Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Kidney Blood Press Res 35:220-5. 2012..Since peritoneal membrane is more compatible and residual renal function better preserved during peritoneal dialysis, we questioned whether the oxidative burden in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is influenced by dialysis modality...