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Makoto Hiramatsu
Researcher at Okayama University
Publications - 56
Citations - 874
Makoto Hiramatsu is an academic researcher from Okayama University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peritoneal dialysis & Kidney disease. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 55 publications receiving 809 citations.
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2008 Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy: guidelines for renal anemia in chronic kidney disease
Yoshiharu Tsubakihara,Shinichi Nishi,Takashi Akiba,Hideki Hirakata,Kunitoshi Iseki,Minoru Kubota,Satoru Kuriyama,Yasuhiro Komatsu,Masashi Suzuki,Shigeru Nakai,Motoshi Hattori,Tetsuya Babazono,Makoto Hiramatsu,Hiroyasu Yamamoto,Masami Bessho,Tadao Akizawa +15 more
TL;DR: The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy guideline committee, chaired by Dr Y. Tsubakihara, presents the Japanese guidelines, which replace the “2004 JSDT Guidelines for Renal Anemia in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients,” and contain new, additional guidelines for peritoneal dialysis, non‐dialysis (ND), and pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.
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Serum interleukin-18 levels are associated with nephropathy and atherosclerosis in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes
Akihiko Nakamura,Kenichi Shikata,Makoto Hiramatsu,Tatsuaki Nakatou,Takuya Kitamura,Jun Wada,Tatsuya Itoshima,Hirofumi Makino +7 more
TL;DR: Serum levels of IL-18 might be a predictor of progression of diabetic nephropathy as well as cardiovascular diseases and changes in AER during the follow-up period are evaluated.
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Renal disease in the elderly and the very elderly Japanese: analysis of the Japan Renal Biopsy Registry (J-RBR)
Hitoshi Yokoyama,Hitoshi Sugiyama,Hiroshi Sato,Takashi Taguchi,Michio Nagata,Seiichi Matsuo,Hirofumi Makino,Tsuyoshi Watanabe,Takao Saito,Yutaka Kiyohara,Shinichi Nishi,Hiroyuki Iida,Kunio Morozumi,Atsushi Fukatsu,Tamaki Sasaki,Kazuhiko Tsuruya,Yukimasa Kohda,Makoto Higuchi,Hideyasu Kiyomoto,Shin Goto,Motoshi Hattori,Hiroshi Hataya,Shoji Kagami,Norishige Yoshikawa,Yuichiro Fukasawa,Yoshihiko Ueda,Hiroshi Kitamura,Akira Shimizu,Kazumasa Oka,Naoki Nakagawa,Takafumi Ito,Shunya Uchida,Kengo Furuichi,Izaya Nakaya,Satoshi Umemura,Keiju Hiromura,Mitsuhiro Yoshimura,Nobuhito Hirawa,Takashi Shigematsu,Masafumi Fukagawa,Makoto Hiramatsu,Yoshio Terada,Osamu Uemura,Tetsuya Kawata,Akira Matsunaga,Aki Kuroki,Yasukiyo Mori,Koji Mitsuiki,Haruyoshi Yoshida +48 more
TL;DR: Renal biopsy is a valuable diagnostic tool, even in elderly and very elderly Japanese patients, and modified clinical guidelines for elderly renal disease should be developed.
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Microinflammation is a common risk factor for progression of nephropathy and atherosclerosis in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes
Nobuo Kajitani,Kenichi Shikata,Akihiko Nakamura,Tatsuaki Nakatou,Makoto Hiramatsu,Hirofumi Makino +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that low-grade inflammation, microinflammation, may be a common risk factor for diabetic nephropathy and atherosclerosis in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients.
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How to improve survival in geriatric peritoneal dialysis patients.
TL;DR: This study reviewed the experience with patients 65 years of age and older at the start of PD and the results from two multicenter studies on PD treatment in elderly patients in Japan, finding factors that have the potential to influence prognosis in these patients.