Novel Drugs for the Management of Diabetes Kidney Transplant Patients: A Literature Review by Nancy Daniela Valencia-Morales, Beatriz Rodríguez-Cubillo, Rómulo Katsu Loayza-López, Maria Ángeles Moreno de la Higuera, Ana Isabel Sánchez-Fructuoso

“…The management of diabetes and renal failure is changing thanks to the appearance of new drugs such as glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA) and sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) that have benefits in terms of survival and cardiorenal protection. …”
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Experimental glomerulonephritis induced by hydrocarbon exposure: A systematic review by Ravnskov Uffe

“…Glomerular proteinuria was seen in 10/12 experiments that included urine analyses, and renal failure in 5/8 experiments that included measurements of glomerular function. …”
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Renal Dysfunction in Patients with Heart Failure by Jawad K. Manuti

“…There is significant correlation between the severity of heart failure and the degree of renal impairment (P.value <0.05). after 10 days of treatment there was improvement in symptoms of heart failure but no significant correlation was found between the improvement of cardiac function and renal failure after 10 days treatment(51% patients has high blood urea>43mg/dL after 10 days&58% patients has high creatinine after 10 days although improvements in ejection fraction)(P.value >0.05). …”
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Kidney transplantation in Kazakhstan: the burden of organ shortage by S. A. Abdugafarov, M. N. Assykbayev, D. J. Saparbay

“…In most cases, end-stage chronic renal failure resulted in chronic glomerulonephritis (76%), pyelonephritis (1.9%), polycystic kidney disease (9.6%) and diabetic nephropathy (11.5%).Results. …”
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Identification of Pre-Renal and Intrinsic Acute Kidney Injury by Anamnestic and Biochemical Criteria: Distinct Association with Urinary Injury Biomarkers by Sandra M. Sancho-Martínez, Alfredo G. Casanova, Annette G. Düwel, Karen Rivero-García, Tamara García-Garrido, Ana I. Morales, Carlos Martínez-Salgado, Francisco J. López-Hernández, Pilar Fraile

“…Traditional, etiology-defining biochemical parameters, including the fractional excretion of sodium, the urinary-to-plasma creatinine ratio and the renal failure index are individually limited by confounding factors such as diuretics. …”
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Children with Steroid-resistant Nephrotic Syndrome: a Single-Center Study by Rahime Renda, Özlem Aydoğ, Mehmet Bülbül, Evrim Kargın Çakıcı

“…Analysis of the final status of the patients showed that 16 patients (51.6%) developed remission, 5 patients (16%) continued to have nephrotic range proteinuria and 10 patients (32%) developed chronic renal failure (CRF).Conclusion: The treatment of SRNS remains controversial. …”
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Low Free Triiodothyronine as a More Sensitive Predictor of Survival Than Total Testosterone among Dialysis Men by Ksymena Leśniak, Aleksandra Rymarz, Maria Sobol, Stanisław Niemczyk

“…Background: Some endocrine disorders, previously considered benign, may be related to a poorer prognosis for patients with renal failure. Both low serum free triiodothyronine (fT3) and low total testosterone (TT) concentrations have been considered as predictors of death in dialysis patients, but the results of studies are inconsistent. …”
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Intraarticular vancomycin decreased the risk of acute postoperative periprosthetic joint infection without increasing complication in primary total joint arthroplasty—a prospective... by Mingwei Hu, Yifan Zhang, Xue Yang, Yingzhen Wang, Hao Xu, Shuai Xiang

“…Vancomycin-associated toxicity including acute renal failure, ototoxicity and anaphylaxis was also evaluated. …”
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Baicalein and Αlpha-Tocopherol Inhibit Toll-like Receptor Pathways in Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity by Amira Awadalla, Mohamed R. Mahdi, Mohamed H. Zahran, Ahmed Abdelbaset-Ismail, Mohamed El-Dosoky, Amr Negm

“…Cisplatin treatment resulted in extreme renal failure, as measured by high serum creatinine and BUN levels and severe renal changes. …”
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الأذية الكلوية الحادة المكتسبة في المشفى:الأسباب والعقابيل دراسة عينة من مرضى مشفى الأسد الجامعي by عنان لايقة

“…We undertook a prospective study to define the causes and outcome ( renal replacement therapy requirement, length of hospital stay, and in-Hospital mortality), of hospital acquired acute renal failure in al-Assad university Hospital-Syria. …”
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Obstructive Uropathy Caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes: A Case Series from University Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India by Akanksha Dubey, Mitra Kar, Tasneem Siddiqui, Chinmoy Sahu

“…Present series discusses three cases of Chryseobacterium indologenes (C. indologenes) Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Case 1- was a 61-year-old hypertensive and diabetic male patient diagnosed with renal failure with pyelonephritis. Case 2- was a female patient of 64-year-old with left upper ureteric calculus. …”
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Utility of preoperative brain natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponin I in predicting perioperative major adverse cardiovascular events in elderly patients undergoing noncardiac s... by Sujay Renga, Anakha Abdul Shereef Sabiathu Beevi

“…Patients with chronic kidney disease stages 4 and 5 and those receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for renal failure were excluded from the study. Peripheral blood samples for BNP and cTnI were obtained within 24 h preoperatively. …”
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A Case Report: Acute Kidney Injury and Cardiac Arrest After Poisoning with the Uncommon Type of Rodenticide (zinc Phosphide) in Yasouj by S Hasanzadeh, M Sedaghat talab, M Tahmasebi, A Arya, M Rohani, E Masnavi, S Jokar

“…&nbsp; Conclusion: Poisoning with zinc phosphide can cause acute renal failure. Considering that phosphide is one of the poisonous toxins of rodents, especially in rat poison, toxic poisoning with phosphodies is also recommended in poisonous toxin poisoning cases. …”
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Hospital-Acquired Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Report of 2-year Ex-perience by Mehradad Hasibi, Jalal Rezaii, Babak Mohajer Iravani, Seyed Bahram Moslemi, Maziyar Rahimi Haji-Abadi, Seyed Morteza Taghavi, Mitra Haji-Nouri

“…Fecal samples of 422 newly admitted patients (Group A) and 93 patients with either at least 48-hours of hospitalization or chronic renal failure under hemodialysis (group B) were evaluated for VRE isolates by MIC method in microbiology laboratory in Pasteur Institute of Iran. …”
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Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Levels as Determinants of Arterial Stiffening in Hypertension by Gabriele Brosolo, Andrea Da Porto, Luca Bulfone, Antonio Vacca, Nicole Bertin, Gianluca Colussi, Alessandro Cavarape, Leonardo A. Sechi, Cristiana Catena

“…In 138 essential hypertensive patients free of diabetes, renal failure and cardiovascular complications, we measured plasma lipids and assessed vascular stiffness through the use of pulse wave analysis and calculation of the brachial augmentation index (AIx), and measured the pulse wave velocity (PWV). …”
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Outcomes Related to Percutaneous Nephrostomies (PCN) in Malignancy-Associated Ureteric Obstruction: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Francesca J. New, Sally J. Deverill, Bhaskar K. Somani

“…Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) can potentially help increase patient longevity by establishing urinary drainage and treating renal failure. Our aim was to look at the outcomes of PCN in patients with advanced cancer and the impact on the patients’ lifespan and quality of life. …”
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The Role of Endothelium in COVID-19 by Mihaela Ionescu, Anca Pantea Stoian, Manfredi Rizzo, Dragos Serban, Domenico Nuzzo, Laura Mazilu, Andra Iulia Suceveanu, Ana Maria Dascalu, Irinel Raluca Parepa

“…Profound endothelial dysfunction associated with COVID-19 can be the cause of impaired organ perfusion that may generate acute myocardial injury, renal failure, and a procoagulant state resulting in thromboembolic events. …”
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Knowledge of thromboprophylaxis guidelines pre- and post-didactic lectures during a venous thromboembolism awareness day at a tertiary-care hospital by Hasan M Al-Dorzi, Antoine Cherfan, Shmylan Al-Harbi, Ahmad Al-Askar, Saleh Al-Azzam, Ahmad Hroub, Joan Olivier, Fahad Al-Hameed, Mohamed Al-Moamary, Mohamed Abdelaal, Gregory A Poff, Yaseen M Arabi

“…Knowledge of appropriate anticoagulant administration in specific clinical situations was frequently inadequate, with approximately two-thirds of participants failing to adjust low-molecular-weight heparin doses in patients with renal failure. Conclusions: Education via didactic lectures resulted in a modest improvement of HCPs′ knowledge of thromboprophylaxis guidelines. …”
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A novel CLCN5 frame shift mutation responsible for Dent disease 1: Case report by Jiajia Ni, Yaju Zhu, Fujun Lin, Wenbin Guan, Jing Jin, Yufeng Li, Guimei Guo

“…This group of disorders is characterized by low molecular weight proteinuria (LMWP), nephrocalcinosis, hypercalciuria and renal failure.Case presentationHere we report one 11-year-old Chinese boy (proband) and one 13-year-old Chinese boy who was proband's cousin, both presented with massive proteinuria. …”
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Description of multiple myeloma cases and assessment of survival and mortality factors in Madagascar by Rova Malala Fandresena Randrianarisoa, Valéry Refeno, Ny Ony Tiana Florence Andrianandrasana, Fidiarivony Ralison, Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana, Florine Rafaramino

“…Forty-six patients (61%) were diagnosed with stage III myeloma and 28 patients (37.3%) with stage IIIA myeloma according to the Durie-Salmon classification. Anemia, renal failure, hypercalcemia and fractures were present in 53%, 37%, 21% and 28% of cases, respectively. …”
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