DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF NORMOCALCEMIC HYPERPARATHYROIDISM by N. A. Kravchun, I. V. Chernyavskaya, Yu. A. Titova, T. I. Efimenko

“…The early stages of primary hyperparathyroidism are asymptomatic and frequently give rise to irreversible renal complications, causing renal failure and, as a consequence, disability. This clinical case demonstrates the importance of routinely determining vitamin D concentrations, which in turn triggers parathyroid adenomas.…”
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Treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia with Caspofungin and Clindamycin: An HIV Patient and Literature Review by Gül Ruhsar YILMAZ, Onur KAYA, Ahmet Çağkan İNKAYA, Onur ÜNAL, Esra NURLU TEMEL, Füsun Zeynep AKÇAM, Emel SESLİ ÇETİN, Barış OTLU, Serhat ÜNAL

“…Treatment with TMP-SMZ was initiated in an HIV-positive patient with microbiologically confirmed PCP, who presented with acute renal failure on admission. On the third day of treatment, TMP-SMZ was discontinued due to worsening renal function. …”
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Early and Late Mortality Predictors in Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection Type B by Ratko M. Lasica, Jovan P. Perunicic, Dejana R. Popovic, Igor B. Mrdovic, Ross A. Arena, Nebojsa L. Radovanovic, Mina R. Radosavljevic-Radovanovic, Lazar D. Djukanovic, Milika R. Asanin

“…In-hospital complications occurred in 35.7% patients, the most often being acute renal failure (28%), hypotension/shock (24%), mesenteric ischemia (12%), and limb ischemia (8%). …”
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Long-Term Surveillance and Management of Urological Complications in Chronic Spinal Cord-Injured Patients by Shu-Yu Wu, Jia-Fong Jhang, Hsin-Ho Liu, Jian-Ting Chen, Jian-Ri Li, Bin Chiu, Sung-Lang Chen, Hann-Chorng Kuo

“…Patients may experience renal function loss, urinary tract infection (UTI), urolithiasis, bladder cancer, and even life-threatening events such as severe sepsis or renal failure. Suitable patient care may prevent UTI and urinary incontinence, decrease medication use, and preserve renal function. …”
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The Relationship Between Serum Vaspin Levels and the Degree of Coronary Involvement in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris by İlter Bozacı, Oktay Özkan, Alev Arat Özkan, Macit Koldaş, Savaş Öztürk

“…Patients with previously diagnosed chronic heart disease, chronic liver disease, renal failure, thyroid dysfunction and any systemic infectious or malignant disease, patients receiving immunosupressive treatment and those who did not give informed consent were excluded from the study. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of patients with chronic diseases about smoking and use of Maras powder by Hamit Sirri Keten, Mustafa Celik, Ozgur Ersoy, Huseyin Ucer, Oguz Isik

“…Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, asthma, and heart diseases were among included chronic disease. …”
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Association of elevated serum cardiac troponin-I level and complications in acute heart failurecases by Farjana Akhter, Selina Ahmed

“…Left ventricular systolic dysfunction (lower ejection fraction) was significantly (p<0.05) higher among cases with elevated cTn-I level compared to those with normal level. The rate of renal failure (raised serum creatinine), impaired liver functions (raised ALT and AST) and abnormal serum electrolytes were significantly higher among the patients with elevated cTn-I compared to those with normal level. …”
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The Effect of Psycho-educational Intervention on the Caregiver burden among Caregivers of Hemodialysis Patients by Masumeh Hemmati Maslakpak, Mehdi Torabi, Moloud Radfar, Vahid Alinejad

“…Background and objectives: Chronic renal failure has a progressive nature and there is always a need for a person to care for them. …”
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Oncologic and Renal Function Outcomes After Radical Cystectomy and Ureterocutaneostomy: A Single Center Experience by Şevket Tolga Tombul, Gökhan Sönmez, Abdullah Demirtaş, Atila Tatlışen

“…The number of patients requiring permanent dialysis due to postrenal acute renal failure was 5 (6%). A significant difference was observed between the preoperative, first- and third-year GFR levels in 52 patients having at least a 3-year follow-up period. …”
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Open aortic arch repair without circulatory arrest by frozen elephant trunk in Ishimaru zone 0 by Ciro Bancone, Alessandro Della Corte, Federica Lo Presti, Rasul Ashurov, Giacomo Sica, Lucrezia Palmieri, Rita Di Fraia, Marisa De Feo

“…Case presentation Here we present a case of an elderly patient with chronic renal failure and multiple splanchnic artery disease successfully treated for a rupturing pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch with a technique that we developed for particularly frail patients. …”
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The heteromeric PC-1/PC-2 polycystin complex is activated by the PC-1 N-terminus by Kotdaji Ha, Mai Nobuhara, Qinzhe Wang, Rebecca V Walker, Feng Qian, Christoph Schartner, Erhu Cao, Markus Delling

“…Mutations in the polycystin proteins, PC-1 and PC-2, result in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and ultimately renal failure. PC-1 and PC-2 enrich on primary cilia, where they are thought to form a heteromeric ion channel complex. …”
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Long-term Effects of Snake Envenoming by Subodha Waiddyanatha, Anjana Silva, Sisira Siribaddana, Geoffrey K. Isbister

“…Progression of acute kidney injury into chronic renal failure in Russell&#8217;s viper bites has been reported in several studies from India and Sri Lanka. …”
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Impact of frailty on the outcomes of patients undergoing degenerative spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Wonhee Baek, Sun-Young Park, Yoonjoo Kim

“…Compared to the non-frail group, the frail group was significantly associated with a greater risk of high mortality, major complications, acute renal failure, myocardial infarction, non-home discharge, reintubation, and longer length of hospital stay. …”
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A Multiplex PCR for Detection of hlyA, papC, and traT genes in multidrug resistance Escherichia coli isolated from pregnant women by Ruqaia Sabbar Salman, Mun'im Radwan Ali, Suzan Saddi Hussin

“… Urinary tract infection (UTI) in pregnancy is a common clinical problem which causes morbidity and, in a small minority of cases, renal damage and chronic renal failure. Urine samples from three hundred pregnant women were collected from Baghdad Teaching Hospital, were examined between January to June 2012 for the presence of bacteria. …”
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Thromboembolism and bleeding in systemic amyloidosis: a review by Martin Nicol, Virginie Siguret, Giuseppe Vergaro, Alberto Aimo, Michele Emdin, Jean Guillaume Dillinger, Mathilde Baudet, Alain Cohen‐Solal, Camille Villesuzanne, Stephanie Harel, Bruno Royer, Bertrand Arnulf, Damien Logeart

“…On the other hand, the bleeding risk increases because of frequent amyloid digestive involvement as well as factor X deficiency, renal failure, and increased risk of dysautonomia‐related fall.…”
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Chronic Kidney Disease-Induced Arterial Media Calcification in Rats Prevented by Tissue Non-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase Substrate Supplementation Rather Than Inhibition of the En... by Britt Opdebeeck, Ellen Neven, José Luis Millán, Anthony B. Pinkerton, Patrick C. D’Haese, Anja Verhulst

“…All CKD groups developed a stable chronic renal failure reflected by hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia and high serum creatinine levels. …”
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Gossypin protects against renal ischemia- reperfusion injury in rats by Ayhan TANYELİ, Ersen ERASLAN, Mustafa Can GÜLER, Nezahat KURT, Nurhan AKARAS

“…Renal injury occurring as a result of renal ischemia-reperfusion may lead to renal failure or even death. The aim of this study is to investigate possible protective effects of Gossypin on tissue damage occurred due to ischemia-reperfusion in rat kidney tissue. …”
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Capillaroscopic appearance of nailfold vasculature of diabetic nephropathy patients by Ustun Yilmaz, Ayse Ayan, Seyit Uyar, Ayca Inci, Hakan Ozer, Fikriye Tuter Yilmaz, Gulay Demirtas, Mehmet Kok, Abdullah Tokuc

“…ABSTRACT Objectives: Diabetic nephropathy is a microvascular complication of diabetes and the most common cause of end-stage renal failure throughout the world. Videocapillaroscopy is a simple and noninvasive method that can display capillaries in the nail bed at the micron level. …”
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Predictors of admission to intensive care unit among systemic lupus erythematosus patients: prospective study by Shimaa Mostafa Abdelwhab, Lobna Ismaeil Kotb, Ghada Sameer, Ghada Dawa

“…In our study, the main causes of intensive care admission were cardiovascular causes followed by renal failure then infections. Holding the other covariates constant, a higher value of CRP, SLEDAI, and damage index value is associated with intensive care admission among lupus patients. …”
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Administration of corticosteroid therapy for HELLP syndrome in pregnant women: evidences from seven randomized controlled trials by Wei-Jing Sun, Jing Hu, Qing Zhang, Jin-Mei Shan

“…Compared to placebo, corticosteroids therapy failed to significantly improve the maternal outcomes regard to maternal morbidity (RR = 1.36, 95%CI [0.45, 4.10]), eclampsia (RR = 1.16, 95%CI [0.76, 1.77]), acute renal failure (RR = 0.71, 95%CI [0.41, 1.22]), pulmonary edema (RR = 0.34, 95%CI [0.10, 1.15]) and oliguria (RR = 1.08, 95%CI [0.75, 1.54]). …”
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