Figure 1. Clinical course. Cre: creatinine; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.
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Letter to the Editor
Volume 9, Number 12, December 2017, pages 1029-1031
The Application of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors to Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 4
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| 1. Reduced blood pressure, arterial stiffness and vascular resistance [15, 16] |
| 2. Decrease in glomerular hyperfiltration [17] |
| 3. Decrease in intraglomerular pressure [18] |
| 4. Reduction in serum uric acid levels [5] |
| 5. Utilization of ketone bodies by failing kidney/heart [19] |
| 6. Improvement in tubulointerstitial hypoxia [20] |
| 7. Increase of erythropoietin [21] |
| 8. Improvement in renal fucntion due to improved cardiac function |