The Usage of Prognostic Nutritional Index to Predict Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Development by Sevgi Özcan, Esra Dönmez, Bülent Mert, Adil Polat, İrfan Şahin, Ertuğrul Okuyan

“…Prognostic nutritional index (PNI), has been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure, stroke, chronic renal failure, coronary artery disease, and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. …”
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Comparative effects of minimally invasive approaches vs. conventional for obese patients undergoing aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Shadi Alaa Abdelaal, Nadin Amr Abdelrahim, Mohamed Mamdouh, Nour Ahmed, Toka Reda Ahmed, Mahmoud Tarek Hefnawy, Latifa Kassem Alaqori, Mohamed Abozaid

“…The main outcomes assessed were perioperative mortality, re-exploration, atrial fibrillation, renal failure, ICU stay, hospital stay, cross-clamp time, and bypass time. …”
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Analysis of the potential biological mechanisms of diosmin against renal fibrosis based on network pharmacology and molecular docking approach by Wen-Man Zhao, Zhi-Juan Wang, Rui Shi, Yuyu Zhu, Xun-Liang Li, De-Guang Wang

“…Abstract Background Interstitial fibrosis is involved in the progression of various chronic kidney diseases and renal failure. Diosmin is a naturally occurring flavonoid glycoside that has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antifibrotic activities. …”
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Variations in Electrolytes Level After Del-Nido Cardioplegia Administration in Patients Undergoing Congenital Heart Defects Surgery by Mah Noor, Muhammad Imran Asghar, Muhammad Shoaib Umer, Naseem Azad, Hafsa Khalil, Zara Chachar

“…Patients with surgery of multiple stages (abdominal surgery, palliative surgery), Emergency patients, Chronic renal failure patients, Re-do operations were excluded from our study. …”
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Comparison of two chromogranin A assays and investigation of nonlinear specimens by J. Alan Erickson, Fang-I Chiang, Chelsie M. Walker, Jonathan R. Genzen, Kelly Doyle

“…Efforts to identify a cause of the nonlinearity observed in a small percentage of patients were inconclusive, but neither HAMA interference, macromolecule effects nor renal failure appear as major factors.…”
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Correlation of serum soluble Klotho with fibroblast growth factor 23 levels in chronic kidney disease patients; a single centre study by Yuvaraj Anand, Vijayan Madhusudan, Parthasarathy Rajeevalochana, Mathew Milly, George Deepu, Abraham Georgi

“…The findings of the study indicate that high Klotho and fibroblast growth factor 23 levels may be associated with worse outcomes in chronic renal failure patients.…”
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Impact of Age, Comorbidities and Complications in COVID-19 Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome on Invasive Mechanical Ventilation. An Observational Multicenter Study by Francisco E. Arancibia, Gustavo Zabert, Fernando Rainieri, Javier Osatnik, Mariano Esperatti, Claudia Sepúlveda, Ignacio Zabert, Daniel Ivulich, Carlos M. Luna

“…History, the most frequent comorbidities (obesity, diabetes and hypertension) and the complications of shock, acute renal failure (AKI) and pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation (VAP), on the one hand, and the alterations of recorded clinical and laboratory parameters, were analyzed. …”
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Lost in Translation: Evaluation of Subcutaneous Interferon-β Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Real Life by José L. Casado, Pilar Vizcarra, José M. Del Rey, María Cruz Soriano, Mario Rodriguez-Dominguez, Luis Manzano, Julio Acero, Carmen Palomar-Fernandez, Alejandro Vallejo, on behalf of the COVID-19 IRYCIS Team

“…In a Cox regression analysis, older age, lymphopenia, renal failure, or increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio were associated with a greater hazard ratio (HR) of admission at ICU/death. …”
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Unsolved Questions in the Revascularization of Older Myocardial Infarction Patients with Multivessel Disease by Rita Pavasini, Federico Sanguettoli, Luca Zanarelli, Maria Angela Deserio, Nicola Bianchi, Gioele Fabbri, Matteo Tebaldi, Simone Biscaglia, Gianluca Campo

“…The in-hospital mortality rate of patients older than 75 years is double compared to their younger counterpart, and the most prevalent complications after revascularization are bleeding and renal failure. In the treatment of patients with ST elevation MI (STEMI), primary percutaneous coronary intervention should be the first choice over fibrinolysis. …”
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Renal Biopsy Diagnosis of Acute Tubular Injury after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report by Yu Soma, Daiyu Kitaji, Kaoru Hoshino, Sumire Sunohara, Takehisa Iwano, Naomi Kawano

“…AKI resulting from multiple conditions can have severe consequences, including end-stage renal failure, if not treated with immunosuppressive agents. …”
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Determinants of diabetic nephropathy among diabetic patients in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Abere Woretaw Azagew, Zerko Wako Beko, Chilot Kassa Mekonnen

“…It is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure. In Ethiopia, DN affects the majority of diabetic populations, but there were inconsistent findings about the determinant factors across the studies.…”
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Gastrectomy for cancer beyond life expectancy. A comprehensive analysis of oncological gastric surgery in Germany between 2008 and 2018 by Maximilian Berlet, Marie-Christin Weber, Philipp-Alexander Neumann, Helmut Friess, Daniel Reim

“…(p < 0.0001) General complications such as respiratory failure (p = 0.0054), acute renal failure (p < 0.0001), acute myocardial failure (p < 0.0001), and the need for resuscitation (ST/T: p < 0.0001/TE: p = 0.0218) were significantly increased after any kind of gastrectomy. …”
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EFFECTS OF HEMOTOXIC SNAKE BITE ENVENOMATION ON HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS VARIABILITY IN PREDICTING COMPLICATIONS by M. P. Harikrishnan, C. R. Anil Kumar, M. K. Anand, J. Earali

“…The study explores a possible correlation of the haematological parameters studied to complications like DIC, AKI, acute renal failure (ARF), ARDS, shock and gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. …”
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Correlation between change in body mass and mortality during hospitalization in intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study by ZHANG Jingjing, JIN Xuting, REN Jiajia, LI Ruohan, LI Jiamei

“…Compared with those with decreased body mass, patients with increased body mass had higher rates of renal failure (1 938 cases, 11.1%), liver failure (106 cases, 0.6%), sepsis (2 442 cases, 14.0%), longer ICU stay, longer hospital stay and higher APACHEⅣ scores. …”
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Influenza-Associated Disseminated Aspergillosis in a 9-Year-Old Girl Requiring ECMO Support by Natalia Mendoza-Palomar, Susana Melendo-Pérez, Joan Balcells, Jaume Izquierdo-Blasco, Maria Teresa Martín-Gómez, Monica Velasco-Nuño, Jacques G. Rivière, Pere Soler-Palacin

“…Isavuconazole, an off-label drug in children, was chosen because our patient had severe renal failure. To conclude, influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis is uncommon in children admitted to intensive care for severe influenza, but pediatricians should be highly aware of this condition to enable prompt diagnosis and treatment.…”
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PARATHYROIDECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERPARATHYROIDISM by Almedina Ramas, Sabrina Uscuplic, Merima Kasumovic, Almir Salkic, Sekib Umihanic, Hasan Altumbabic

“…The most common indication for examination of parathyroid glands (PTG) was renal failure. The most common comorbidity was arterial hypertension, which was found in 43 (53.2%) subjects, and the rarest gastrointestinal diseases and pancreatitis, in 1 (1.3%) patients. …”
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Cortisol excess in chronic kidney disease – A review of changes and impact on mortality by Michael S. Sagmeister, Michael S. Sagmeister, Lorraine Harper, Lorraine Harper, Rowan S. Hardy, Rowan S. Hardy, Rowan S. Hardy

“…An association between cortisol and adjusted all-cause mortality has been reported in observational studies for patients with end-stage renal failure, but further research is required to assess links between cortisol and clinical outcomes in CKD. …”
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Colocación de catéter para hemodiálisis a través de vena cava superior vía mínima invasiva paraesternal derecha: modificaciones a la técnica de Archundia by Yasser Colao-Jiménez, José A. Robert-Escalona, María O. Agüero-Martínez, Joseneidy A. Fernandes-Carvalho, Jorge Fernández-Alba, Miguel Q. Clemente-Afonso

“…We present the cases of two patients with stage V chronic renal failure, who were under hemodialysis regimen without available venous access, due to thrombosis and/or infection, they had not been dialyzed for several days and for this reason they were placed through the right parasternal route described by Archundia, the venous catheter for hemodialysis, through the superior vena cava, during its execution modifications were made to the original technique that could be of interest. …”
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PAX2 Mutation-Related Renal Hypodysplasia: Review of the Literature and Three Case Reports by Yu-Ming Chang, Chih-Chia Chen, Chih-Chia Chen, Ni-Chung Lee, Ni-Chung Lee, Junne-Ming Sung, Yen-Yin Chou, Yuan-Yow Chiou, Yuan-Yow Chiou

“…The third patient was a neonate in whom PAX2-related disorder manifested as oligohydramnios, coloboma, and renal failure that progressed to ESRD within 1 year after birth. …”
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Obstructive sleep apnea in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients by Nesreen Elsayed Morsy, Amany Mustafa Fathy Sheta, Mohammed El Desoky Abo Shehata, Raed El Metwally Ali, Hala Mohamed Shalabi Samaha

“…Conclusions OSA affects 13.6% patients with type 2 diabetes patients who are hypertensive are at higher risk of OSA, chronic renal failure is considered another risk factorFurthers studies are needed on a big scale of Egyptian diabetic patients to detect the prevalence of OSA…”
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