Is the malnutrition-inflammation-depression-arteriosclerosis complex associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause death in chronic hemodialysis patients?
This study suggests the presence of MIDA complex, which is composed of malnutrition, inflammation, depression and arteriosclerosis. The MIDA complex syndrome was an independent risk factor for CVD and all-cause death in chronic hemodialysis patients.
This study suggests that H. pylori infection causes dyspeptic symptoms in a subset of patients with functional dyspepsia, and that these patients may obtain long-term symptomatic benefit following H. pylori eradication.