Ochratoxin A: 50 Years of Research by Frantisek Malir, Vladimir Ostry, Annie Pfohl-Leszkowicz, Jan Malir, Jakub Toman

“…Humans exposed to OTA can develop (notably by inhalation in the development of acute renal failure within 24 h) a range of chronic disorders such as upper urothelial carcinoma. …”
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Genetic variations of complement factor H and C3 in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in northwest of Iran by Sepideh Zununi Vahed, Bahram Niknafs, Mahmoud Shekari Khaniani, Mohammadreza Ardalan

“…Objectives: The present study was aimed to assess if TTP patients with renal failure have prompting polymorphisms in the complement system genes as seen in patients with the atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). …”
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Diurnal rhythms of wrist temperature are associated with future disease risk in the UK Biobank by Thomas G. Brooks, Nicholas F. Lahens, Gregory R. Grant, Yvette I. Sheline, Garret A. FitzGerald, Carsten Skarke

“…A two-standard deviation (1.8° Celsius) lower wrist temperature amplitude corresponded to hazard ratios of 1.91 (1.58-2.31 95% CI) for NAFLD, 1.69 (1.53-1.88) for type 2 diabetes, 1.25 (1.14-1.37) for renal failure, 1.23 (1.17-1.3) for hypertension, and 1.22 (1.11-1.33) for pneumonia (phenome-wide atlas available at http://bioinf.itmat.upenn.edu/biorhythm_atlas/ ). …”
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Haemodynamics Support during Surgical Myocardial Revascularisation in Patients with Systolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction by N. V. Kharitonov, V. V. Vitsukaev, N. A. Trofimov, P. D. Makalsky, V. N. Zavgorodny

“…Manifold evidence favours CABG with no extracorporeal circulation in higher risk patients to avoid the system’s frequent complications of blood transfusion, renal failure, bleeding, wound infection, cerebrovascular events and humoral disturbances. …”
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Clinical manifestations, imaging findings and laboratory abnormalities in 51 patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: Experience at Tirupati, South India by K M Bhargav, B Siddhartha Kumar, Alladi Mohan, L R Aramadhaka, B Manoj Prajwal, D Prabath Kumar, B Vijayalakshmi Devi, V Sivakumar

“…Background: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is an important cause of renal failure. Sparse recent data are available on clinical presentation ADPKD from India. …”
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A Case of Oral-Vancomycin-Induced Rash in a Patient with Acute Kidney Injury by Milena Cardozo, Angadbir S. Parmar, Libardo Rueda Prada, Fnu Shweta

“…We present a case of a 66-year-old gentleman with severe CDI and acute renal failure who was started on oral Vancomycin upon admission. …”
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Hipertensão associada à gravidez. Estudo epidemiológico de 311 casos consecutivos. by M H Machado, N Clode, L M Graça, C G Cardoso

“…The most frequent maternal complications (eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, abruptio placentae and acute renal failure) were seen in preeclampsia (mild and severe forms). …”
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Delayed and sequencial hemolytic uremic syndrome as a complication of Gemcitabine therapy by Thaís Sampaio Corrêa de Almeida, Renata Colombo Bonadio, Rafaela Lopes da Silva Naves, Paulo Henrique Amor-Divino, Paulo Marcelo Gehm Hoff

“…We report a 70-year-old woman with Li-Fraumeni syndrome diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma and leiomyosarcoma, whom after fourteen cycles of therapy with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel, with good disease control, developed clinical manifestation of atypical HUS with exuberant pulmonary symptoms, followed by hemolytic anemia, and acute renal failure presenting on an unusual sequential fashion. …”
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Can CBC profile and liver function test predict chronic kidney disease among a normal population? by Mahmood Moosazadeh, Fatemeh Espahbodi, Mahdi Afshari, Arman Eslami

“…Methods: Out of the total population enrolled in the Tabari cohort study, 5822 subjects without history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiac disease, renal failure, cancer, and pathologic obesity were selected. …”
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ERCP management of acute cholangitis caused by rupture of Echinococcus hepaticus into the biliary tract by Tiemin Jiang, Zongding Wang, Tuerganaili Aji, Bo Ran, Qiang Guo, Ruiqing Zhang, Talaiti Tuergan, Kai Zhong, Yingmei Shao, Wen Hao

“…Results and Conclusions: White blood cell, NE%, platelet, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, Total bilirubin (TBIL), alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase (ALT), ALT and Cr in group A significantly improved by ERCP (P < 0.05); during laparotomy, the bleeding amount and hospital stay in group A were better (P < 0.05); moreover, concerning the post-operative complications, the incidence of acute renal failure and coagulation dysfunction in group A was significantly less (P < 0.05). …”
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Severe cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest due to fulminant cardiac sarcoidosis: a case report by Teja Chakrala, Roshni O. Prakash, Anshul Jain, R. Ashton Vautier, Sahil Prasada, Mohammed Al-Ani, Mustafa M. Ahmed

“…Case presentation A 70-year-old woman with a history of pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, congestive hepatopathy, and acute renal failure. Left heart catheterization showed evidence of non-obstructive coronary artery disease, and right heart catheterization revealed severely elevated filling pressures and depressed cardiac index. …”
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IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis mimicking renal pelvis tumor: a case report and literature review by Sahin Gokhan, Dundar Mehmet, Senturk Taskin

“…Ranging from mild to end-stage renal failure can be observed. The main purpose of treatment is to preserve renal function. …”
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Synchronous disease kinetics in a murine model for enterohemorrhagic E. coli infection using food-borne inoculation by Laurice J Flowers, Elsa N Bou Ghanem, John M Leong

“…The production of one of its virulence factors, the phage-encoded Shiga toxin (Stx) results in systemic disease, including the development of renal failure. Although EHEC does not productively infect conventional mice, EHEC infection can be modeled in mice utilizing a derivative of the natural murine AE pathogen Citrobacter rodentium(CR). …”
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Lithium-Renal and brain induced toxicity by M. Zrelli, E. Bergaoui, N. Staali, K. Souabni, W. Melki

“…On physical examination, she had a parkinsonian syndrome, moderate organic renal failure with a clearance of 45.93 ml/min. On the cerebral MRI, she had a diffuse cotico-subcortical atrophy with bilateral frontal predominance and vascular leukopathy. …”
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Dematiaceous fungal keratitis caused by Cladophialophora boppii — A case report by Hideki Fukuoka, Norihiko Yokoi, Aya Komori, Koichi Makimura, Chie Sotozono

“…Observations: An 83-year-old male with chronic renal failure was referred to the Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan due to persistent corneal epithelial defects (PEDs) in his left eye. …”
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Pentoxifylline Ameliorates Glomerular Basement Membrane Ultrastructural Changes Caused by Gentamicin Administration in Rats by Nenad Stojiljković, Slavimir Veljković, Dragan Mihailović, Milan Stoiljković, Goran Ranković, Ivan Jovanović, Pavle Randjelović

“… Gentamicin is commonly used for the treatment of severe gram negative bacterial infections but inevi-tably cause renal failure during prolonged use. The aim of our study was to emphasize protective effects of pentoxifylline on glomerular basement membrane (GBM) alterations induced by gentamicin in rats. …”
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Leaf Extracts of <i>Anchomanes difformis</i> Ameliorated Kidney and Pancreatic Damage in Type 2 Diabetes by Toyin Dorcas Alabi, Nicole L. Brooks, Oluwafemi O Oguntibeju

“…Kidney disease in diabetes is one of the common microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus implicated in end-stage renal failure. This study explored the ability of <i>Anchomanes difformis</i> to ameliorate kidney and pancreatic damage in type 2 diabetes mellitus using male Wistar rats. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW IMMUNOMODULATING DRUG TIMOFER by B. M. Kholnazarov, G. M. Bobiev, N. D. Bunyatyan

“…The developed immunomodulatory drug timofer showed a high therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia patients with inflammatory processes and traumatic injuries of the maxillofacial region, with chronic inflammatory diseases of the the genitals (CMV, HSV, chlamydia, chronic endometritis, chronic salpingoopharitis, ureaplasmosis) with chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pneumonia, chronic glomerulonephritis, and chronic renal failure complicated by anemia Bright, withrheumatic diseases, gynecological patients with anemia of moderate and severe degrees of severity, at surgical treatment of patients with suppurative lung disease, heart disease and chronic pericarditis operated with cardiopulmonary bypass. …”
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Mineral and bone disorder related to chronic renal disease in prevalent Chronic Dialysis patients in a 3 years period 2011-2013 in Argentina by Sergio Miguel Marinovich, Armando Luis Negri

“…Demography, Chronic Renal failure etiology (CRF) and MBD biochemical variables in CD prevalent patients, were analyzed. …”
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Pancreas Transplantation in Minorities including Patients with a Type 2 Diabetes Phenotype by Robert J. Stratta, Angelika Gruessner

“…<b>Background:</b> Prior to year 2000, the majority of pancreas transplants (PTx) were performed as simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants (SPKTs) in Caucasian adults with end stage renal failure secondary to type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) who were middle-aged. …”
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