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Nephrologists treat a wide spectrum of diseases which result in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal failure as well as diseases which are influenced by damaged kidneys. To keep up with all the relevant publications which contain useful or potentially influential articles is a labour-intensive task. The "Expert Update" is intended to help in this task by selecting and screening on a regular basis publications which cover important new data in nephrology, as well as those which are relevant to nephrologists, but are not aimed directly at the field.

Every month, a European expert will analyse and summarise a publication with new data and will discuss the potential impact for nephrologists on their current or future practice. The "Expert Update" will cover a range of topics from highly scientific subjects to new information relevant to the daily practice of nephrologists.

Readers can also ask the expert for further comment about the article or review.

BACKGROUND: Epoetin delta, unlike recombinant erythropoietins, is produced in a human cell line and therefore has a human-type glycosylation profile. OBJECTIVES: The pharmacokinetics of epoetin delta were examined in 2 studies in healthy volunteers and 2 studies in patients with chronic kidney disease. METHODS: In study 1, 21 healthy men were randomized to receive epoetin delta 15, 40, or 100 IU/kg IV tiw or placebo for 4 weeks. In study 2, an open-label, cross-over study, 32 healthy volunteers were randomized to receive single doses of epoetin delta 75 IU/kg IV or SC. In study 3, 40 patients receiving hemodialysis were withdrawn from epoetin alfa and randomized to receive epoetin delta or epoetin alfa 50 or 100 IU/kg tiw for 4 weeks. Study 4 was a single-dose study comparing epoetin delta 150 and 300 IU/kg IV or SC in 28 hemodialysis patients. RESULTS: In study 1, after repeated dosing (day 24) in healthy men, mean C(max) values ranged from 219.9 to 1793.0 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay units (EU)/L; AUC from 827 to 9318 h x EU/L; C1 from 0.014 to 0.024 L/h per kg; Vd from 0.067 to 0.076 L/kg; and t(1/2) from 2.23 to 3.35 hours. There was evidence of a dose-dependent effect of epoetin delta on hemoglobin levels and hematocrit, with doses of 40 and 100 IU/kg associated with significant increases compared with 15 IU/kg (P < 0.001 for dose trend). The only adverse event occurring in > or = 10% of healthy individuals in study 1 was headache (1 [20.0%] in the epoetin delta 15 IU-kg group, 3 [60.0%] in the epoetin delta 100-IU/kg group, 2 [33.3%] in the placebo group). In study 2 in healthy volunteers, mean values for epoetin delta 75 IU/kg IV were 1771 EU/L for C(max), 10,632 h x EU/L for AUC, 0.010 L/h per kg for Cl, 0.074 L/kg for Vd, and 5.12 hours for t(1/2); the corresponding values for epoetin delta 75 IU/kg SC were 113 EU/L, 3231 h x EU/L, 0.035 L/h per kg, 0.760 L/kg, and 14.90 hours. The serum epoetin delta concentration peaked after 10.9 hours with subcutaneous administration. The most common adverse event in study 2 was back pain (10 [31.3%] individuals). In study 3 in patients receiving hemodialysis, mean values for C(max) and AUC with a single dose of epoetin delta 50 IU/kg were 1103 EU/L and 10,896 h x EU/L, respectively, and with the corresponding dose of epoetin alfa were 1354 EU/L and 9957 h x EU/L. Values for the 100-IU/kg doses were approximately double those for the 50-IU/kg doses. Values for Cl, Vd, and t(1/2) were numerically similar for epoetin delta and epoietin alfa across doses. Epoetin delta 100 IU/kg was associated with a numerically greater rate of increase in hemoglobin compared with the 50-IU/kg dose (mean, 0.025 vs -0.004, respectively); the results were similar for epoetin alfa (0.029 vs -0.001). The difference between epoetin alfa and epoetin delta was not statistically significant. The most common adverse events were related to edema (peripheral edema: 60%/50% for epoetin delta 50/100 IU/kg and 60%/60% for epoetin alfa 50/100 IU/kg; facial edema: 30%/30% and 50%/70%, respectively; generalized edema: 50%/30% and 40%/40%). In study 4 in patients receiving hemodialysis, mean C(max) values with epoetin delta 150 and 300 IU/kg IV were 3257 and 4770 EU/L, respectively; the corresponding mean values were 36,208 and 77,736 h x EU/L for AUC, 0.007 and 0.005 L/h per kg for Cl; 0.097 L/kg for Vd in both groups; and 9.9 and 13.2 hours for t(1/2). With epoetin delta 150 and 300 IU/kg SC, the respective values were 162.2 and 467.7 EU/L, 9547 and 27,888 h x EU/L, 0.026 and 0.020 L/h per kg, 1.28 and 0.78 L/kg, and 33.1 and 27.8 hours. The only adverse event occurring in > or = 10% of subjects was headache (2 [40.0%] in the epoetin delta 150-IU/kg IV group, 3 [50.0%] in the epoetin delta 300-IU/kg SC group). No neutralizing anti-erythropoietin antibodies were detected in any individual. The bioavailability of subcutaneous epoetin delta is approximately 30%, and concentrations peak later and decline more slowly than with intravenous injection. Pharmacokinetic parameters in hemodialysis patients were similar to those in healthy individuals, although AUC and t(1/2) were numerically higher (by 49% and 34%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: These studies in healthy volunteers and patients with chronic kidney disease indicate that the pharmacokinetics of epoetin delta are dose dependent but nonlinear, leading to dose-dependent increases in hemoglobin levels. The pharmacodynamic response to epoetin delta appeared to be as expected for an epoetin

Better food habits can help you reduce your risk for heart attack. A healthful eating plan means choosing the right foods to eat and preparing foods in a healthy way.

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Nama Tempatan: Gandarusa
Nama Saintifik: Justicia Gendarussa linn
Nama Lain: Daun rusa(melayu), bo gu dan(cina),gendarussa(english)
Famili: Acanthaceae
Lokasi dijumpai:
Asal:
keterangan:
Tumbuhan ini boleh dijumpai tumbuh liar dikawasan semak pada ketinggian 1-500 meter dari aras laut. Ia tumbuh tegak dan boleh mencapai ketinggian hingga 2 meter. Panjang daunnya lebih kura 5-20 cm dan daunnya dari jenis daun tunggal.Dua jenis gandarusa biasa dijumpai dan dibezakan oleh warna batangnya. Ada yang berwarna hitam dan ada yang berwarna hijau.Pokok berbatang hitam lebih popular sebagai ubat dari yang berbatang hijau
kegunaan:
Ia biasa digunakan untuk mengubat lebam akibat terpukul, tulang patah, rheumatik dan bisul.cara penggunaannya ,untuk tulang patah daunnya yang segar atau kering dikisar hingga lumat dan diampur cuka untuk ditampal pada bahagian yang luka dengan syarat tulang telah berada pada kedudukannya yang betul.Untuk rheumatik 15-30 g daunnya yang segar direbus hingga mendidih dan airnya diminum.Untuk lebam pula daunnya dilayurkan pada api hingga layu dan ditampal pada bahagian yang lebam.Ia juga boleh digunakan untuk menurunkan panas badan, menyembuhkan lumpuh otot muka (selalunya disebabkan oleh minor stroke),sakit kepala, mata dan telinga.

***Amaran: Tidak boleh digunakan oleh wanita hamil.
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Ulasan pembaca
Gandarusa hitam mempunyai batang hitan dengan daun hijau gelap.ada juga gandarusa yang mempunyai daun hijau putih dengan batang hitam. Jenis ini banyak ditanam sebagai tumbuhan hiasan. Nama saintifik gandarusa hitam ialah gandarusa vularis
~Admin
Knp tak leh guna utk wanita yg hamil??
~sweetgirl,penang
gandarusa hitam mempunyai khasiat besar yang kurang diketahui,antaranya untuk mengubati sengatan berbisa, mandi lepas bersalin,pulih tenaga.kami banyak menanamnya
~putrahero@hotmail.com
mcm mane nak guna kan ganda rusa for minor stroke bahagia muka
~nieya
daun gandarusa memang daun terpilih oleh orang tua-tua dulu gunakan sebagai bahan rebusan mandian, terutama kepada ibu-ibu bersalin..
http://livingnaturally.myblog.com

~kdier
tolongin dong carikan gambarnya! gue pengen ngliyat.
thanks
~Karman
e e ada pla,.. sorry ye lambat surf
~Karman
masalah PEKANG(angin dlm kepala/lebih kurang migrain).7 helai daun ini +sireh pinang sehelai seadatnya(di doakan terlebih dahulu)disemburkan pada kepala sebelum matahari terbenam.Insya-ALLAH mujarab...
~aurasyami_71@yahoo.com

Nama Tempatan: Belimbing tanah
Nama Saintifik: tacca integrifolia
Nama Lain: Belimbing batu, white bat plant
Famili: taccaceae
Lokasi dijumpai:
Asal:
keterangan:
Tumbuhan berumpun ini agak sukar ditemui namun ia biasanya didapati tumbuh liar dikawasan yang agak redup terutamanya dikebun getah.Daunnya lebar dan panjang berukuran kira-kira 15 inci panjangnya. Ia membiak melalui rizom dan pokoknya jika dilihat sekali imbas menyerupai pokok kunyit.
kegunaan:
Digunakan untuk menurunkan tekanan darah tinggi. seluruh pokok ini termasuk akar dan buahnya direbus hingga mendidih dan airnya diminum dua kali sehari. selain dari itu tonik ini juga berupaya mengubati masalah buasir, kencing manis, lemah jantung dan buah pinggang
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Ulasan pembaca
Pokok ini kami cuba tanam secara komersil tapi gagal.Tahap kematian agak tinggi, tumbuhan ini tidak tahan kepada transplanting.
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Betul tu, dah beberapa kali saya try to transplant pokok ni, baru kali ni macam nak berjaya sikit, tapi growth very slow, saya letakkan polybagnya bawah teduhan pohon lain dan potong semua daunnya hingga tinggal pucuk saja sebab dari pemerhatian saya sebelum ni, pokok ni mati akibat daun asalnya mengering.
~Melur
kalau ada sesiapa jumpa atau memiliki pokok ini sila beritau saya. Ujang 019-3562893. Kalau tak silap saya pokok ini perlukan daun getah reput utk tumbesaran(makanan) dan memerlukan cuma air hujan saja, bukan air paip.(ada klorin)
~ujang83s@yahoo.com
Kat kampung saya ada le jumpa sikit-sikit dalam dua tiga rumpun sekali.Mungkin betul jugak sebab tanah mak saya tu dulunya bekas kebun getah.Saya ada try tanah sepokok dalam pasu kat rumah saya sekarang ni tapi pokoknya tak besar sangat, berbunga minggu lepas, cantik, macam dalam gambar ni lah.
~Nor
Saya rasa ini
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sesiapa yang berminat dgn pokok belimbing tanah sila hubungi 0139553694 putrahero@hotmail.com
~rusli
The genus Tacca consists of long-lived, short stemmed, rhizomatous or tuberous herbaceous plants that grow in the shade of Asian rain forests. Four species of Asian Tacca have attractive, entire leaves, vertical growth habit, and strange whisker-like (filiform) bracts below the flowers that can hang down for as much as 1 foot in length. It is these structures and their accompanying cluster of luridly colored flowers that has given rise to the sobriquet "batflower" for these marvelous tropical plants. Unlike its better known close relative, T. chantrieri, T. intergrifolia has white bracts hovering over the nodding flowers. The bracts are beautifully veined with purple. The rhizome of this species grows vertically and the crown of large, attractive leaves emerge from the top of the rhizome. The leaves superficially resemble those of some Peace lilies (Spathiphyllum), but the resemblance ends when the flowers begin to appear. The good news for foliage producers in Florida is that large plants of the white batflower can be finished in just over 1 year from seed. The white batflower fits into any foliage production scheme with ease. The plants thrive in 70-80% shade, high temperatures, and even moisture. White batflower is remarkably free of pest and disease problems. Caterpillars, snails and slugs may occasionally feed on the leaves, but the damage is minimal. Flowering seems to begin when the plants have produced 2-3 full-size leaves. The season lasts from May to November. Large, flowering-size plants of Tacca integrifolia were distributed to foliage nursery contributors to the University of Florida Foundation-SHARE program last year. Packets of seed will be available later this year. ref: http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/tropicline/Volume%209(1).html
~Nor
sesiapa yang ingin ubat buasir sila sms 0139553694,rusli
~rusli
Nor hang tulis apa, aku tak paham... kalau nak tulih biaq org kita jer yang tau jangan bocoqkan pada org putih....pikiq la sikit...
~Nazhrol
Rujukan dibawah adalah dari sebuah website mat saleh, saya copy paste je, sebab tu saya tulis rujukannya kat bawah sekali tu, ada url untuk websitenya. Ni kajian yang mat salleh lakukan pada pokok ni
~Nor
ubat buasir. ambil satu perdu pokok belimbing bukit@belimbing tanah(bukan belimbing buluh)rebuskannya sehingga mendidih. minumlah air tersebut 2 kali sehari, insya Allah dalam 2 hari akan segera sembuh.air tersebut juga boleh dibuat ubat penyakit darah tinggi atau kencing manis.
~fajarsiang@yahoo.com
kenapa pokok belimbing tanah ni lain daripada belimbing tanah yang biasa digunakan untuk ubati pokok belimbing tanah yang selalu digunakan untuk merawat penyakit darah tinggi tu?
~nana
Seluruh bahagian:Dikeringkan serta direbus lalu air rebusan ini diminum utk merawat kencing manis dan mengeluarkan batu karang
~niksuzanna@jma.gov.my
Sesuai ditanam sebagai tumbuhan hiasan. Bentuknya yg menarik dan agak luar biasa cukup diminati oleh pecinta flora
~niksuzanna@jma.gov.my
YA POKOPNYA AMAT SUSAH DI TEMUI KAWASAN TERDEDAH CAHAYA MATA HARI.DAN SUSAH HIDUP DI KAWASAN PANAS.KEBIASAAN TUMBUHAN INI BERADA DI TEMPAT SEJUK DAN REDUP.
~condee04@yahoo,com.sg
sesuai dijadika motif studio lanjutan kayu ....ceh....ceh
~pensyarah upsi
Tumbuh secara semulajadi dalam belukar kebun getah yang tanah jenis halus berpasir dan lembab. Kadar cahaya matahari mungkin 25 %, redup, sejuk. Tanahnya gembur dan tidak kering. Berjiran dengan pokok paku gajah.Saya temui pokok ini di Kg Sungai Ramal Dalam,Kjg tidak jauh dari Tol Sungai Ramal, kat rumah Pak Din. 10 kali cuba pindahkan,..gagal.
La ni semuanya dah habis, sebab kebun tu dah terang. Pak Din jual batang getah.
~Apak Nuar
issyyy, issyyy, issyyy tak sesuaiiii langsung nama dia belimbing tanah. tak menunjukkan ciri-ciri belimbing langsung.
apa kata kita tukar nama lain yang sepadan dengannya....
seumur idup tak penah jumpa....
~nz
saya pernah beli pokok ni di pasar tani shah alam stadium.dah cuba tanam tapi mati.Tapi menurut kawan saya setiap hari ahad ada dijual dipasar tani tu.cubalah cari
~shim04
Pokok Belimbing Tanah adalah sejenis pokok yang sifatnya suka kepada tanah-tanah yang agak berpasir,lembab,tanah dilering bukit,redup hidup secara kelompok-kelompok diantara satu pokok kesatu pokok,senang didapati dibukit-bukit yang kurang tingginya dari paras laut.

Kegunaan Pokok Belimbing Tanah secara Perubatan:

1.Ubat darah Tinggi
2.Kencing Manis
3.Tambah Tenaga
4.Lancar perjalanan darah
5.Lancar saluran Hempedu lawas kencing

Cara-Cara Nya:

1.Ambil satu atau dua batang Pokok Belimbing Tanah kemudian dibersihkan dengan air bersih
2.Dipotong daun dan batang
3.Kemudian masukkan kedalam bekas periuk tanah direbuskan hingga mendidih
4.Biar ianya sejuk sedikit kemudian ambil air dalam satu cawan campur sedikit gula untuk tujuaan sedap minum sahaja buka manis sangat supaya senang hendak minum
5.Sedia untuk minum pada setiap hari pagi dan malam dengan secukup rasa sekadar yang sesuai dengan badan seorang itu.

SELAMAT MENCUBA DENGAN IZIN ALLAH BOLIH PULIH PENYAKIT TUAN-TUAN DAN PUAN-PUAN.

~Mohd Hadzri Abdullah,Pusat Pengajian Sains Kajihay
Pokok Belimbing Tanah adalah sejenis pokok yang sifatnya suka kepada tanah-tanah yang agak berpasir,lembab,tanah dilering bukit,redup hidup secara kelompok-kelompok diantara satu pokok kesatu pokok,senang didapati dibukit-bukit yang kurang tingginya dari paras laut.

Kegunaan Pokok Belimbing Tanah secara Perubatan:

1.Ubat darah Tinggi
2.Kencing Manis
3.Tambah Tenaga
4.Lancar perjalanan darah
5.Lancar saluran Hempedu lawas kencing

Cara-Cara Nya:

1.Ambil satu atau dua batang Pokok Belimbing Tanah kemudian dibersihkan dengan air bersih
2.Dipotong daun dan batang
3.Kemudian masukkan kedalam bekas periuk tanah direbuskan hingga mendidih
4.Biar ianya sejuk sedikit kemudian ambil air dalam satu cawan campur sedikit gula untuk tujuaan sedap minum sahaja buka manis sangat supaya senang hendak minum
5.Sedia untuk minum pada setiap hari pagi dan malam dengan secukup rasa sekadar yang sesuai dengan badan seorang itu.

SELAMAT MENCUBA DENGAN IZIN ALLAH BOLIH PULIH PENYAKIT TUAN-TUAN DAN PUAN-PUAN.

~Mohd Hadzri Abdullah,Pusat Pengajin Sains Kajihaya
ye juga, ini rupa keladi murai, boleh ubat buasir. blimbing tanah pokoknya kcil2, ada buah sebesar pangkal lidi, masam. ambil secekak, rebus utk drh tg. utk drh tg, boleh juga rendam kincam, 10-15 helai, dlm air panas, lepas 15 minit, tapis dan minum, sehari 2 kali. esok stop, selangkan sehari. kalau tiap hari, tknn drh jadi rendah pula. selangkan se hari. Saya dah cuba, trnkn tknn dp 206 kp 126 dlm sehari. insya Allah
~arbi, at arbipage@hotmail.com
ye juga, ini rupa keladi murai, boleh ubat buasir. blimbing tanah pokoknya kcil2, ada buah sebesar pangkal lidi, masam. ambil secekak, rebus utk drh tg. utk drh tg, boleh juga rendam kincam, 10-15 helai, dlm air panas, lepas 15 minit, tapis dan minum, sehari 2 kali. esok stop, selangkan sehari. kalau tiap hari, tknn drh jadi rendah pula. selangkan se hari. Saya dah cuba, trnkn tknn dp 206 kp 126 dlm sehari. insya Allah
~arbi, at arbipage@hotmail.com
di kenali jugak dgn nama belimbing bukit..kat kawasan - kawasan perkelahan banyak pokok nie.mujarab untuk darah tinggi.insya.dah cuba.
~az_2378@yahoo.com
tumbuhan ini banyak terdapat kawasan berhampiran sungai terutama kawasan berjeram(bagus untuk buasir)saya biasa jumpa di hutan simpan gading selangor dan hutan simpan batang kali.di hutan lenggor johor banyak tumbuh di kawasan permatang, jenis ini kecil tapi mujarab untuk merawat penyakit buah pinggang.sesiapa yg berminat sila hubungi saya 0136023073
~rusli forestry