Community acquired acute kidney injury in South Asia: causes and outcome. A Meta-Analysis by Rubina Naqvi, Anbreen Huma

“…Combinations of key words used were ‘community acquired acute kidney injury’ or ‘acute renal failure’ with using individual names of ‘different countries’ in South Asia. …”
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Urine Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin as a Predictor of Vesicoureteral Reflux and Renal Parenchymal Damage: A Systematic Review by Azar Nickavar, Ehsan Valavi, Nader Sadigh

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Percutaneous Renal Biopsy in Egyptian Children: A Five-year Single-Center Experience by Ola Abdeltawab Saad, Nahla Mohamed Elkalla, Ferial Moursi

“…Other PRB indications were hematuria (8.6%), unexplained acute (2.9%), or chronic renal failure (4.3%). Renal biopsy remains to be a mainstay diagnostic tool in pediatric nephrology. …”
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Survival of patients with bilateral renal cell cancer after nephro-preserving surgery by F. S. Ashyrova, A. S. Kalpinskiy, N. V. Vorobyev, A. D. Kaprin

“…This strategy avoids or reduces the risk of developing renal failure and its consequences after surgery. Conclusion. …”
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Identificação de um período de vulnerabilidade isquémica renal pelo estudo da evolução dos indicadores de insuficiência renal aguda após cirurgia cardíaca sob circulação extra corp... by J D Barata, M Bruges, C Oliveira, J Simões, L Bruges, J Q Melo, R Melo-Gomes, F Crespo

“…We considered acute renal failure (ARF) as being any increase in plasma creatinine values of 0.25 mg/dl for the first 24 hours and 0.5 mg/dl for periods longer than 24 hours. …”
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Cancer Cachexia: Its Mechanism and Clinical Significance by Hiroki Nishikawa, Masahiro Goto, Shinya Fukunishi, Akira Asai, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Kazuhide Higuchi

“…Cachexia is a malnutrition associated with chronic diseases such as cancer, chronic heart failure, chronic renal failure, and autoimmune diseases, and is characterized by decreased skeletal muscle mass. …”
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Emerging Roles of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Renal Fibrosis by Jinwen Lin, Zhengqian Jiang, Chenxi Liu, Dawei Zhou, Jiayu Song, Yuxuan Liao, Jianghua Chen

“…The development of this process eventually causes destruction of renal parenchyma and end-stage renal failure, which is a devastating disease that requires renal replacement therapies. …”
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To Measure or Not to Measure: Direct Oral Anticoagulant Laboratory Assay Monitoring in Clinical Practice by Tania Ahuja, Veronica Raco, Sharonlin Bhardwaj, David Green

“…The DOAC levels were checked in the setting of an urgent or emergent procedure in 28 patients (24%), followed by renal failure in 17 patients (14%), a bleeding event in 11 patients (9%), concern for recurrent thromboembolism in 10 patients (8%), thrombophilia in 9 patients (8%), a history of recurrent thromboembolism in 6 patients (5%), extremes of body weight in 7 patients (5%), and unknown reasons in 7 patients (5%). …”
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Organoprotective Effects of Spironolactone on Top of Ramipril Therapy in a Mouse Model for Alport Syndrome by Diana Rubel, Yanqin Zhang, Nenja Sowa, Rainer Girgert, Oliver Gross

“…<i>COL4A3-/-</i> mice were treated with ramipril (ACEi), starting at 4.5 weeks of age, and spironolactone was added at 7 weeks of age. Lifespan until renal failure, as well as kidney function parameters, were investigated. …”
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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection among Seronegative Patients undergoing Haemodialysis in a Remotely Located Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India: Value of HCV-RNA and Genotype... by Neerja Jindal, Divya Soin, Pragati Grover, Renu Bansal, Rubina Malhotra, Seema Singh, Charu Singh

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 100 chronic renal failure patients on haemodialysis were studied. …”
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Reversible sirolimus-induced pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a renal transplant patient by David Eugenio Hinojosa-González, Daniel Dávila-González, Gustavo Salgado-Garza, Eduardo Flores-Villalba

“…In 2011, he was diagnosed with renal failure, was dialyzed for a year, and received a renal transplant in 2012. …”
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Effect of albumin usage during cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients: A historical cohort study by Saeed Khademi, Friba Heirany, Reza Jouybar, Laleh Dehghanpisheh, Mohmmad Ghazinoor, Leila Shojaei Mehr

“…None of the patients developed renal failure or required dialysis. Conclusion: We concluded that the use of albumin in prime solution did not have a statistically significant effect on postoperative renal dysfunction after CABG.…”
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Role of dialysate sodium and serum sodium gradient in intradialytic hypertension of regular hemodialysis patients by Mohamed M Fayed, Emad A Mohamed, Hindawy A Zidan, Ahmed A Assem, Moahmed A El-Sayed

“…Background and aim Sodium (Na+) balance largely depends on interdialytic dietary salt intake and intradialytic Na+ removal during hemodialysis (HD) for chronic renal failure cases. To preserve a normal Na+ equilibrium, interdialytic Na+ increase should be filtered during HD. …”
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Splenic Rupture in a COVID-19 Patient – A Case Report by Anna C. Crowley, Raul R. Magadia, Arianna B. Lanpher

“…Conclusion: This case highlights the possibility of splenic rupture in otherwise normally recovering COVID-19 patients, particularly in the presence of comorbid conditions of renal failure and anticoagulation, with increased abdominal pressure during routine defecation. …”
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Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection During Pregnancy by Esragül AKINCI

“…Influenza infections in pregnancy have been associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, including preterm labor, preterm birth, preterm premature rupture of membranes, renal failure, pulmonary embolus, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and death. …”
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Does early removal of Foley’s catheter have any influence on infection of recipient post renal transplantation? Is it safe? A randomized clinical trial by Afshar Zomorrodi, Farzad Kakei, Amin Bagheri, Sahar Zomorrodi, Mohsen Mohammadrahimi

“…Background: Kidney transplant is a fair option for treatment of a chronic renal failure. Although the outcome and results of kidney transplant are good, it may be associated with some complications. …”
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Osteoporosis and diabetes mellitus by Andrea Montagnani, Massimo Alessandri

“…This apparent paradox could reflect greater bone frailty in diabetic patients that are unrelated to adipose tissue, hyperinsulinemia, deposition of advanced glycosylation end products in collagen, reduced serum IGF-1 levels, hypercalciuria, renal failure, microangiopathy, and/or inflammation. …”
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The Quantitative Detection of Cystatin-C in Patient Samples Using a Colorimetric Lateral Flow Immunoassay by Santosh Kumar Bikkarolla, Kavipriya Venkatesan, Yeddula Rebecca Revathy, Sowmya Parameswaran, Subramanian Krishnakumar, Dhananjaya Dendukuri

“…Furthermore, the device demonstrates satisfactory levels of analytical performance in terms of precision, sensitivity, and interference, indicating its potential for precise Cystatin-C quantification, particularly in renal-failure patients. Notably, the Cystatin-C-LFA device also demonstrates satisfactory stability, as a 30-day accelerated stability study at 50 °C showed no change in the device performance, indicating a long shelf life for the product when stored at room temperature.…”
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Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Difficulties, Case Report and Literature Review by Weronika Stolpa, Angelika Stręk-Cholewińska, Agnieszka Mizia-Malarz

“…Study design: We present a case of a 10-year-old boy with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) of the right kidney and an acute renal failure of the left kidney secondary to uric acid nephrolithiasis. …”
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MuRF1/TRIM63, Master Regulator of Muscle Mass by Dulce Peris-Moreno, Daniel Taillandier, Cécile Polge

“…Indeed, muscle wasting is an associated event of several diseases (e.g., cancer, sepsis, diabetes, renal failure, etc.) and negatively impacts the prognosis of patients, which has stimulated the search for MuRF1 inhibitory molecules. …”
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