Molecular Biological and Clinical Understanding of the Pathophysiology and Treatments of Hyperuricemia and Its Association with Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Diseases and Chro... by Hidekatsu Yanai, Hiroki Adachi, Mariko Hakoshima, Hisayuki Katsuyama

“…Further, the hyperuricemia observed in patients with renal diseases was considered to be caused by UA underexcretion due to renal failure, and was not considered as an aggressive treatment target. …”
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Epigenetic Histone Modifications in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Kidney Disease by Lu HC, Dai WN, He LY

“…Current treatment methods can alleviate but do not markedly halt disease development, resulting in renal failure and severe complications, even contributing to elevated morbidity and mortality rates. …”
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Study of diagnostic values of serum thyroid hormone and creatinine in acute renal transplant rejection by Rasool Asoodeh, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri, Habibollah Esmaily, Mehdi Jabbari Noghabi, Razieh Yousefi, Malihe Layeghian

“…Materials and Methods: In this historical cohort study, 87 nondiabetic patients with renal failure who had received treatments at Kidney Transplantation Department of Imam Reza and Ghaem Hospitals of Mashhad, Iran, were selected and their demographic and clinical characteristics were collected. …”
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EFFECT OF RENAL DYSFUNCTION ON THE CARDIACVASCULAR SYSTEM. THE POSSIBILI TIES OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF THE RENAL DYSFUNCTION by B. Zh. Imanov, I. T. Murkamilov, I. S. Sabirov, A. Sh. Sarybaev

“…It is indicated that in patients with the initial stage of CKD, cardiovascular disorders are already registered which in the late stages of development of renal dysfunction are the leading causes of death and the true severity of the disease in patients with renal dysfunction is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, rather than an achievement terminal renal failure and requiring renal replacement therapy. …”
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Salivary and serum periostin in kidney transplant recipients. by Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir, Mahrokh Amiri, Ghodratollah Panahi, Fatemeh Khatami, Sanaz Dehghani, Mahdieh-Sadat Moosavi

“…One of the markers mentioned in previous studies on renal function in patients with renal failure for various reasons is periostin (POSTN). …”
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Research Advances on the Damage Mechanism of Skin Glycation and Related Inhibitors by Wenge Zheng, Huijuan Li, Yuyo Go, Xi Hui (Felicia) Chan, Qing Huang, Jianxin Wu

“…AGEs are also associated with a variety of age-related diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, renal failure (uremia), and Alzheimer’s disease. AGEs accumulate in the skin with age and are amplified through exogenous factors, e.g., ultraviolet radiation, resulting in wrinkles, loss of elasticity, dull yellowing, and other skin problems. …”
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MULTISYSTEM-INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME (MIS-C) IN NEONATE ASSOCIATED WITH SARS-COVID19 by Yerdan Mukhaliyev, Faryal Imran, Akdana Darkhambayeva

“…DIC led to thrombotic and hemorrhagic events that affected multiple organs, which led to the following: Pre-renal Acute Kidney Injury-renal failure, acute adrenal insufficiency (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome), ileofemoral thrombosis, right atrial thrombosis, Left ventricle thrombosis and fixed aortic thrombosis. …”
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Tranexamic Acid in Hip Hemiarthroplasty Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of Perioperative Outcome by Arne Wilharm DM, Isabell Wutschke, Philipp Schenk, Gunther Olaf Hofmann PhD

“…Similarly, the incidence of postoperative renal failure was not significantly lower in the TXA group, at 6.5%, as compared to the nonTXA group (7.7%). …”
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Carbamylated Proteins in Renal Disease: Aggravating Factors or Just Biomarkers? by Laëtitia Gorisse, Stéphane Jaisson, Christine Piétrement, Philippe Gillery

“…Significantly, studies have reported a positive correlation between serum CDPs and the evolutive state of renal failure. Further, serum concentrations of carbamylated proteins are characterized as strong predictors of mortality in end-stage renal disease patients. …”
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Malignant Hyperthermia: Report of Two Cases with a Neglected Complication in Cardiac Surgery by Mahdi Neshati, Manizheh Azadeh, Parinaz Neshati, Tyrone Burnett, Ryan Saenz, Bahman Karbasi, Ghader Shahmohammadi, Eskandar Nourizadeh, Mohsen Rostamzadeh

“…Both of them were extubated on the operation day, but they deteriorated with the development of high-grade fever, hypotension, renal failure, and acidosis. The first case had muscle spasms. …”
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Association of exposure to salinity in groundwater with chronic kidney disease among diabetic population in Bangladesh by Rajib Mondal, Palash Chandra Banik, Mithila Faruque, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Liaquat Ali

“…Globally, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the major public health concerns. CKD and renal failure are reported to be high in the areas with higher salinity, however, the association is still unclear. …”
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Impaired left ventricular function as a predictive factor for mid-term survival in octogenarians after primary coronary artery bypass surgery by Denis Berdajs, Sotirios Marinakis, Ulf Kessler, Mirza Muradbegovic, Enrico Ferrari, Ludwig K von Segesser

“…RESULTS: There was no difference among the three groups regarding incidence of COPD, renal failure, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and preoperative cerebrovascular events. …”
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EVALUATION OF PATIENT’S LIFE QUALITY AFTER SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION by N. V. Zagorodnikova, R. V. Storozhev, Yu. A. Anisimov, K. E. Lazareva, I. V. Dmitriev, O. Yu. Mikita, А. V. Pinchuk

“…Introduction: the use of standardized questionnaires for  assessment of patients’ life  quality after organ transplantation has not been widely used in our country.Purpose: The assessment of patients’ quality of life after the simultaneous pancreas & kidney transplantation using the SF-36 questionnaire.Material and methods: 35 patients with type I diabetes mellitus (DM1) complicated by end-stage chronic renal failure were investigated. There were 16 women (45.7%) and 19 men  (54.3%). …”
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Hyperkalemia in heart failure patients: current challenges and future prospects by López-Vilella R, Morillas-Climent H, Plaza-López D, Cebrián-Pinar M, Sánchez-Lázaro I, Almenar-Bonet L

“…Raquel López-Vilella, Herminio Morillas-Climent, Diego Plaza-López, Mónica Cebrián-Pinar, Ignacio Sánchez-Lázaro, Luis Almenar-Bonet Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain Abstract: In heart failure (HF), hyperkalemia is a frequent problem because of several factors, such as neurohormonal mechanisms involved in the disease, renal failure, comorbidities, and drugs with a prognostic benefit. …”
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Potential Roles of Anti-Inflammatory Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds Targeting Inflammation in Microvascular Complications of Diabetes by Yahia A. Kaabi

“…DNP can lead to albuminuria, decreased filtration, mesangium expansion, thickening of the basement membrane, and eventually renal failure. Furthermore, inflammatory cells can accumulate in the interstitium and glomeruli to deteriorate DNP. …”
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Epidemiological, clinical and laboratorial profile of renal amyloidosis: a 12-year retrospective study of 37 cases by Elissa Oliveira da Fonseca, Porphirio Jose Soares Filho, Licinio Esmeraldo da Silva, Maria Lucia Ribeiro Caldas

“…Hypertension was reported in 34% of patients. Acute renal failure, occurred in about 10% of patients, and chronic loss of renal function was present in about 5% at diagnosis. …”
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Healing of Chronic Wounds by Copper Oxide-Impregnated Wound Dressings—Case Series by Eyal Melamed, Patrick Kiambi, Dancan Okoth, Irena Honigber, Eran Tamir, Gadi Borkow

“…Ten cases of patients with etiologies such as diabetes mellitus, sickle cell disease, renal failure, and necrotizing fasciitis, in which the application of copper oxide impregnated wound dressings in infected and non-infected wounds, which resulted in significant enhanced wound healing, are presented. …”
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The association of central corneal thickness with ocular and general parameters in a community setting: The Yazd eye study by Reza Soleimanizad, Mohammad Hosein Nowroozzadeh, Hossein Ziaei, Mohammad Pakravan, Mehdi Yaseri, Marzieh Katibeh

“…CCT was not significantly associated with age, sex, or some select systemic factors (body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, and renal failure). While controlling for age and sex, CCT was greater in individuals with higher IOPs (P < 0.001), larger vertical or horizontal cup-to-disc ratios (P = 0.044, and P= 0.025, respectively), and hyperopia (P = 0.009). …”
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<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Eradication Therapy in Patients with Decreased Renal Function: A Systematic Review by Toshihiro Nishizawa, Masaya Sano, Osamu Toyoshima, Hidekazu Suzuki

“…According to a randomized trial comparing a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) + clarithromycin + metronidazole and PPI + clarithromycin + amoxicillin in patients with decreased renal function, the incidence of acute renal failure was significantly lower in PPI + clarithromycin + metronidazole (2%: 1/44) than in PPI + clarithromycin + amoxicillin (18%: 8/44). …”
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Intensity of cytosol expression of 8-OHdG in normal renal tubules is associated with the severity of renal fibrosis by JP Tsai, JH Liou, KT Yeh, HC Tai, YW Cheng, HR Chang

“… INTRODUCTION:It has been proposed thatreactive oxygen species play a role in renal fibrosis. 8-OHdG, a metabolite of oxidative damage to leukocyte DNA, has been identified as a marker of oxidative stress in patients with chronic renal failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seventy-four patients following nephrectomy were retrospectively enrolled. …”
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