COVID-19: Impact in endothelial function and therapy with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Carla Longo de Freitas, Priscilla Yuri Okochi Alves da silva, Maria do Carmo Pinho Franco, Danilo Candido de Almeida

“…Further on flu symptoms, due to the high tropism of virus, has most been observed in the COVID-19 pathophysiology: acute heart failure, thromboembolism events, acute renal failure, neurological and liver damage, and multiple organ failure, with special attention to endothelial disfunction. …”
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Red Cell Distribution Width and Respiratory Diseases in Tobruk Pediatric In-tensive Care Unit by Nasren Gamal Saleh Alfraik

“…Reported complications of this study were sepsis 41%, aspiration 24%, pneumothorax 10.5%, convulsion 9%, apnea 8%, pleural effusion 7% and renal failure 1%. 62% of our patients had pulmonary infiltration on chest x-ray. …”
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Paint-thinner-induced Acute Kidney Injury: A Case Series and Review by Muzamil Latief, Zhahid Hassan, Obeid Shafi, Farhat Abbas, Summyia Farooq

“…Vomiting, dehydration, tubular injury, and rhabdomyolysis are all possible additional causes of acute renal failure in toluene intoxication. Type 1 distal RTA, which is characterized by an inability to lower urine pH despite acidemia, results in hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis with hypokalemia. …”
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Clinical profile and outcome of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: A retrospective observational study from South India by Sham Santhanam, Hema Murugesan, Kavitha Mohanasundaram

“…As per European Vasculitis Society disease categorization, 25 had organ/life-threatening type, 10 had rapidly progressive renal failure/pulmonary hemorrhage, 4 nonorgan threatening, and 1 refractory disease. …”
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Cutaneous Mucormycosis Co-infection in a Patient with COVID-19 by Raham Rahgoshai, Peter Goldberg, Rayhaneh Rahgoshai, Shadi Zain

“…They were intubated approximately 2 weeks later and their course was complicated by renal failure, for which continuous renal replacement therapy was started, and by refractory hypoxaemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure in which they were placed on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. …”
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Surgical Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism at Ectopic Parathyroid Gland in Anterior-Superior Mediastinum (Literature Review and Clinical Case) by E. A. Ilyicheva, D. A. Bulgatov, A. V. Zharkaya, V. N. Makhutov, E. G. Grigoryev

“…The proposed method was used in the treatment of a patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism due to chronic renal failure as a result of chronic glomerulonephritis. …”
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Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease after the Use of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents: A Review for the Cardiovascular Imager by Sebastian Gallo-Bernal, Nasly Patino-Jaramillo, Camilo A. Calixto, Sergio A. Higuera, Julian F. Forero, Juliano Lara Fernandes, Carlos Góngora, Michael S. Gee, Brian Ghoshhajra, Hector M. Medina

“…Even though the newer macrocyclic agents have proven to be much safer in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure, clinicians must fully understand the clinical characteristics and risk factors of this devastating pathology and maintain a high degree of suspicion to prevent and recognize it. …”
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P157 AORTIC CALCIFICATIONS AND INFLAMMATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IN-HOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME by Konstantia-Paraskevi Gkini, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Iosif Koutagiar, Angeliki Rigatou, Stavroula Pantou, Christos Georgakopoulos, Dimitrios Tousoulis

“…In-hospital complications that included reinfarction, arrhythmias, heart failure, stroke, mechanical complications, renal failure, surgery and death were assessed in all patients. …”
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Methylglyoxal-Derived Advanced Glycation End Product (AGE4)-Induced Apoptosis Leads to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress through the RAGE/JNK Pathway in Ki... by So-Ra Jeong, Kwang-Won Lee

“…Recent studies have shown that methylglyoxal, a potent precursor for AGEs, causes a variety of biological dysfunctions, including diabetes, inflammation, renal failure, and cancer. However, little is known about the function of methylglyoxal-derived AGEs (AGE4) in kidney cells. …”
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Incidence, predictors, and 30-day outcomes of Clostridioides difficile infection in patients undergoing cystectomy: A national database analysis by Armaghan-e-Rehman Mansoor, Yousaf Bashir Hadi, Arif R Sarwari, Mohamad Waseem Salkini

“…Postoperative organ space infections, postoperative renal failure, postoperative sepsis, and septic shock were independently associated with the development of CDI, (all P < 0.05). …”
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Vitamin D, Cellular Senescence and Chronic Kidney Diseases: What Is Missing in the Equation? by Romina P. Martinelli, Sandra Rayego-Mateos, Matilde Alique, Laura Márquez-Expósito, Lucia Tejedor-Santamaria, Alberto Ortiz, Emilio González-Parra, Marta Ruiz-Ortega

“…An important problem with kidney diseases is the lack of biomarkers to detect early damage or to predict the progression to renal failure. In addition, current treatments only retard kidney disease progression, and better tools are needed. …”
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Relationship of Dialysis Adequacy with Depression and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients by Mohsen Nezami ghale noee, Hamideh Azimi lolaty, Jalil Hasani, Jamshid Yazdani-charati, Fatemeh Espahbodi, Hedayat Jafari

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 185 patients with chronic renal failure under hemodialysis. The data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of three sections seeking information about demographic characteristics, disease variables, as well as anxiety and depression hospital scale.   …”
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Imaging of Group B Streptococcus infection in pyonephrosis: a case report by Ryan Elmanar, M. Hidayat Surya Atmaja

“…In order to prevent renal failure and the spread of bacteremia that entails life-threatening urosepsis, acquiring imaging knowledge (sonography and CT) and other findings are indispensable in determining this entity.…”
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Epidemiological Characteristics and Predisposing Factors for Surgical Site Infections Caused by Bacterial Pathogens Exhibiting Multidrug-Resistant Patterns by Abdikarim Hussein Mohamed, Hussein Ali Mohamud, Ebubekir Arslan

“…Antibiotic use, chronic renal failure, diabetes, and emergency operations were found to increase the likelihood of multidrug resistance (OR = 6.23, CI = 1.443–26.881, <i>p</i> = 0.014; OR = 5.67, CI = 1.837–19.64, <i>p</i> = 0.02; OR = 2.54, CI = 1.46–7.35, <i>p</i> = 0.03; OR = 1.885, CI = 1.067–3.332, <i>p</i> = 0.002, respectively). …”
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Ketamine‐induced uropathy: A narrative systemic review of surgical outcomes of reconstructive surgery by Gabriel Vizgan, Michael Huamán, Kevin Rychik, Max Edeson, Jerry G. Blaivas

“…Abstract Aims Refractory ketamine‐induced uropathy (KU) (RKU) has devastating effects on the lower urinary tract leading to ureteral obstruction and even renal failure. The only effective treatment for RKU is major surgical reconstruction or urinary diversion. …”
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The Relationship between Chronic Constipation and Urinary Tract Infection in Children: A Case-Control Clinical Study by Gholamreza Sarvari, Fateme Ghane sharbaf, Simin Partovi, Saghi Elmi, Hossein Akhavan, Elham Bakhtiari

“…Background Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections in children, if not diagnosed leads to serious complications such as hypertension, chronic renal failure and renal scar. Constipation is one of the main risk factors for recurrent UTI. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of enteral nutrition intolerance in intensive care unit patients: a retrospective study by Kunrong Yu, Na Guo, Dingding Zhang, Ying Xia, Yanling Meng, Li Weng, Bin Du, Yanjie Yin, Xiuyuan Hao

“…Mechanical ventilation (MV) (odds ratio [OR]: 1.928, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.064–3.493, P = 0.03) was an independent risk factor for FI defined by a gastric residual volume (GRV) of 200 mL and/or vomiting, and acute renal failure (OR: 3.445, 95% CI: 1.115–10.707, P = 0.032) was an independent risk factor of FI defined by a GRV of 500 mL and/or vomiting. …”
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ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURISM REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH FUSED KIDNEY by A. E. Zotikov, V. N. Gontarenko, A. S. Ivandayev, V. N. Tsygankov, A. S. Kutovaya

“…Peculiarities of surgical tactics in this group of patients were discussed: prevention of such complications as urinary leakage, addition of infection, bleeding, kidney ischemia and postoperative acute renal failure arising after routine intersection of the isthmus of the fused kidney, features in the placement of the prosthesis, data of CT, 3D reconstruction, CT-angiography, intraoperative photos were presented. …”
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Acute methadone poisoning in children: diagnosis and treatment by M. A. Udaltsov, K. V. Pshenisnov, Yu. S. Аleksandrovich, V. A. Kaziakhmedov

“…The main criteria determining the severity of the state of patients with acute methadone poisoning include the level of depression of consciousness, the presence of acute respiratory and renal failure.…”
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A case of Legionnaires’ disease with severe rhabdomyolysis misdiagnosed as COVID-19 by Basak Sayinalp-Arslan, Ahmet Gorkem Er, Mehmet Yildirim, Banu Kilicaslan, Seda Banu Akinci, Omrum Uzun

“…As severe rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure were present, Legionnaires’ disease was suspected. …”
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