Post-Infectious Myocardial Infarction: Does Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Improve Outcomes? A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis by Alain Putot, Frédéric Chagué, Patrick Manckoundia, Philippe Brunel, Jean-Claude Beer, Yves Cottin, Marianne Zeller

“…Before the matching procedure, patients without PCI had a similar age and sex ratio but a higher rate of risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, chronic renal failure, and prior coronary artery disease), pneumonia, and SYNTAX score than patients without PCI. …”
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Sex-specific disparities in patients undergoing isolated CABG by Maya T. Dassanayake, Elizabeth L. Norton, Alison F. Ward, Nanette K. Wenger

“…Results: Females had more preoperative comorbidities than males, including hypertension, diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular disease, renal failure, and prior myocardial infarction. Females more frequently underwent urgent (61 % vs. 58 %) or emergent CABG (5.8 % vs. 4.3 %) compared to males (p < 0.0001). …”
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Case Fatality of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Infection Suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Germany by Ingo Sagoschen, Karsten Keller, Johannes Wild, Thomas Münzel, Lukas Hobohm

“…Independent predictors of in-hospital case fatality with an OR > 3 were age ≥ 70 years, severe ARDS, severe liver disease, acute renal failure, stroke, dialysis treatment, shock and necessity of ECMO. …”
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Transitioning from Preclinical to Clinical Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Mechanistic Approach by Antoni Bayes-Genis, Felipe Bisbal, Julio Núñez, Enrique Santas, Josep Lupón, Patrick Rossignol, Walter Paulus

“…The transition from pre-HFpEF to symptomatic HFpEF also involves left atrial failure, pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction, and renal failure. This review focuses on the non-left ventricular mechanisms in this transition, involving the atria, right heart cavities, kidneys, and ultimately the currently accepted driver—systemic inflammation. …”
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Feature Extraction Based on Local Histogram with Unequal Bins and a Recurrent Neural Network for the Diagnosis of Kidney Diseases from CT Images by Abdorreza Alavi Gharahbagh, Vahid Hajihashemi, José J. M. Machado, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

“…Diagnosing and categorising different forms of renal failure presents the biggest treatment hurdle for kidney cancer. …”
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Network for Early Onset Cystic Kidney Diseases—A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Approach to Hereditary Cystic Kidney Diseases in Childhood by Jens Christian König, Andrea Titieni, Martin Konrad, The NEOCYST Consortium, C. Bergmann, M. Cetiner, J. Drube, C. Gimpel, J. Göbel, D. Haffner, T. Illig, N. Klopp, J. König, M. Konrad, M. Lablans, M. C. Liebau, S. Lienkamp, C. Okorn, H. Omran, L. Pape, P. Pennekamp, F. Schaefer, B. Schermer, H. Storf, A. Titieni, F. Ückert, S. Weber, W. Ziegler

“…Hereditary cystic kidney diseases comprise a complex group of genetic disorders representing one of the most common causes of end-stage renal failure in childhood. The main representatives are autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, nephronophthisis, Bardet–Biedl syndrome, and hepatocyte nuclear factor-1beta nephropathy. …”
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Colistin use in critically ill neonates: A caseâcontrol study by Mehmet Sah Ä°pek, Fesih Aktar, Nilufer Okur, Muhittin Celik, Erdal Ozbek

“…There were no significant differences between the groups regarding outcomes and nephrotoxicity, including acute renal failure. Colistin therapy was associated with significantly reduced serum magnesium (1.38 ± 0.39 mg/dL vs. 1.96 ± 0.39 mg/dL, p < 0.001) and hypokalemia (46.8% vs. 25.4%, p = 0.026). …”
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Ameliorates The Expression of Tumor Growth Factor-β and Malondialdehyde in Pristane-induced Lupus Nephritis Mice Model by Soetjipto Soetjipto, Indri Dwi Murbani, Titut Harnanik

“…BACKGROUND: Lupus nephritis (LN) is associated with chronic renal failure and a high mortality rate. Tumor growth factor-β (TGF-β) plays a basic part in keeping up immune homeostasis, meanwhile extensive oxidation of the lipid membrane in LN causes the arrangement of malondialdehyde (MDA). …”
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Palliative Non-Operative Management in Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients: When Would Surgeons Abstain from Surgery? by Michael Bui, Catharina G. M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Annemieke Witteveen, Johannes H. Hegeman

“…Participants were more likely to recommend P-NOM to patients with metastatic carcinomas (OR: 4.42, CrI: 2.14–8.95), severe heart failure (OR: 4.05, CrI: 1.89–8.29), end-stage renal failure (OR: 3.54, CrI: 1.76–7.35) and dementia (OR: 3.35, CrI: 1.70–7.06). …”
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Leptospiral Infection, Pathogenesis and Its Diagnosis—A Review by Antony V. Samrot, Tan Chuan Sean, Karanam Sai Bhavya, Chamarthy Sai Sahithya, SaiPriya Chan-drasekaran, Raji Palanisamy, Emilin Renitta Robinson, Suresh Kumar Subbiah, Pooi Ling Mok

“…This can easily lead to death, as the severe form of leptospirosis (Weil’s disease) manifests as a complex of systemic complications, especially renal failure. The virulence of <i>Leptospira</i> sp. is usually attributed to the outer membrane proteins, including LipL32. …”
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Functional and oncologic outcomes after nephron-sparing surgery in a solitary kidney: 10 years of experience by José Ignacio Costabel, Patricio García Marchiñena, Federico Tirapegui, Augusto Dantur, Alberto Jurado, Guillermo Gueglio

“…Complications are herein described, namely bleeding, fistula, acute renal failure and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Local recurrence and margin status are also described. …”
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Chronic kidney disease in outpatients with arterial hypertension: clinical characteristics and treatment efficacy (according to the national registry) by Elena V. Oschepkova, Anna V. Aksenova, Alexey А. Orlovsky, Irina E. Chazova

“…Conducting timely assessment of renal function, drug therapy and lifestyle changes in patients with AH and decreased renal functional could prevent severe kidney damage, the development of CV complications, chronic renal failure and reduce mortality.…”
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Impact of type of dialyzable beta-blockers on subsequent risk of mortality in patients receiving dialysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tzu-Hsuan Yeh, Kuan-Chieh Tu, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Min-Hsiang Chuang, Jui-Yi Chen

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched the databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and ClinicalTrials.gov until 28 February 2022 to identify articles investigating the impact of DBBs/NDBBs among patients with renal failure receiving hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis (HD/PD). …”
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ABCC6, Pyrophosphate and Ectopic Calcification: Therapeutic Solutions by Briana K. Shimada, Viola Pomozi, Janna Zoll, Sheree Kuo, Ludovic Martin, Olivier Le Saux

“…Pathological (ectopic) mineralization of soft tissues occurs during aging, in several common conditions such as diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and renal failure and in certain genetic disorders. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a multi-organ disease affecting dermal, ocular, and cardiovascular tissues, is a model for ectopic mineralization disorders. …”
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<i>p</i>-Coumaric Acid Nanoparticles Ameliorate Diabetic Nephropathy via Regulating mRNA Expression of KIM-1 and GLUT-2 in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats by Amalan Venkatesan, Anitha Roy, Srinivasan Kulandaivel, Vijayakumar Natesan, Sung-Jin Kim

“…Diabetic nephropathy (DN) has become a leading cause of end-stage renal failure worldwide. The goal of the current study was to examine the protective effects of chitosan-loaded <i>p</i>-Coumaric acid nanoparticles (PCNPs) in nephrotoxicity induced by streptozotocin (STZ). …”
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Evaluation of risk factors affecting the lifespan and efficiency of dialysis accesses installed in dialysis patients referees to Ahvaz therapeutic centers in a two-year cohort stud... by Afshin Bighamian, Iraj Nazari, Seyed Masood Mousavi, Hossain Minaee

“…Detailed demographic information about the patient was collected, including age, gender, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), cause of ESRD, duration of renal failure, duration of dialysis, and comorbidities. …”
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Characterization of pre-mRNA Splicing Defects Caused by <i>CLCN5</i> and <i>OCRL</i> Mutations and Identification of Novel Variants Associated with Dent Disease by Glorián Mura-Escorche, Ana Perdomo-Ramírez, Elena Ramos-Trujillo, Carmen Jane Trujillo-Frías, Félix Claverie-Martín

“…Dent disease (DD) is an X-linked renal tubulopathy characterized by low-molecular-weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, nephrolithiasis and progressive renal failure. Two-thirds of cases are associated with inactivating variants in the <i>CLCN5</i> gene (Dent disease 1, DD1) and a few present variants in the <i>OCRL</i> gene (Dent disease 2, DD2). …”
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Hospital outcomes for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in sepsis and septic shock by Rhythm Vasudeva, Abhiram Challa, Nicholas Tuck, Suveeenkrishna Pothuru, Mohinder Vindhyal

“…Patients with PAH had a higher prevalence of some chronic conditions, including chronic pulmonary disease, renal failure, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, obesity, coagulation disease. …”
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Antioxidant and Antiglycation Effects of Polyphenol Compounds Extracted from Hazelnut Skin on Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs) Formation by Ludovica Spagnuolo, Susanna Della Posta, Chiara Fanali, Laura Dugo, Laura De Gara

“…Enhanced production of AGEs plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications as well as in natural aging, renal failure, oxidative stress, and chronic inflammation. …”
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Original Experience of Transaortic Approach in Bivalve Replacement by I. I. Chernov, S. T. Enginoev, D. A. Kondratiev, A. A. Ziankou, D. G. Tarasov

“…Early postoperative delirium developed in 4 patients, acute renal failure requiring  haemodialysis — in 1 patient. …”
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