Predictors of mortality in children with systemic lupus erythematosus by Fanny Listiyono, Indah K. Murni, Sumadiono Sumadiono, Cahya Dewi Satria

“…The most common causes of death were infection and renal failure in 8/23 and 7/23 subjects, respectively. …”
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Antimicrobial use and mortality among intensive care unit patients with bloodstream infections: implications for stewardship programs by Mera A. Ababneh, Mohammad Al Domi, Abeer M. Rababa'h

“…About half of the patients died within 30-days of BSI, which was associated with several factors including advanced age, presence of co-morbidities, nosocomial infections or healthcare-associated infections, length of ICU stay, respiratory tract infections, receiving vasopressor during the hospital stay, concurrent positive culture other than blood with BSI, receiving combination antimicrobial therapy, those who were complicated with septic shock or renal failure, receiving total parenteral protein (TPN) nutrition, and inappropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy. …”
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Grafting of Crown Ether and Cryptand Macrocycles on Large Pore Stellate Mesoporous Silica for Sodium Cation Extraction by Paula Duenas-Ramirez, Caroline Bertagnolli, Robin Weiss, Joëlle Bizeau, Loïc Jierry, Philippe Choquet, Ariane Zaloszyc, Sylvie Bégin-Colin, Damien Mertz

“…Regulation of the sodium cations level in the case of renal failure diseases is a very challenging task for clinicians, and new pollutant extractors based on nanomaterials are emerging as potential treatments. …”
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Can we predict the incidence of high-grade Clavien-Dindo complications in patients with forgotten encrusted stents undergoing endourologic management? by Praanjal Gupta, Ramanitharan Manikandan, Lalgudi Narayanan Dorairajan, Kodakattil Sreenivasan Sreerag, Sidhartha Kalra, Swapnil Singh Kushwaha

“…Of the total, 25 (62.5%) patients had a “significant” stent load; 31 (77.5%) had renal failure or acute kidney injury on presentation; 19 (47.5%) patients had sepsis at presentation. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Dopamine and Related Drugs as Anti-Inflammatories and Antioxidants in Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Pathologies by Cindy Bandala, Noemi Cárdenas-Rodríguez, Julieta Griselda Mendoza-Torreblanca, Itzel Jatziri Contreras-García, Valentín Martínez-López, Teresita Rocio Cruz-Hernández, Jazmín Carro-Rodríguez, Marco Antonio Vargas-Hernández, Iván Ignacio-Mejía, Alfonso Alfaro-Rodriguez, Eleazar Lara-Padilla

“…However, DA receptors have been identified in nonneuronal tissues, which has been related to their therapeutic potential in pathologies such as sepsis or septic shock, blood pressure, renal failure, diabetes, and obesity, among others. In addition, DA and dopaminergic drugs have shown anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties in different kinds of cells. …”
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Risk factors for severe COVID-19 among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a real-world analysis of a large representative US administrative claims database, 2020–2021 by Cassandra Calabrese, Gelareh Atefi, Kristin A Evans, Meghan Moynihan, Liisa Palmer, Sze-Jung Wu

“…Significant risk factors for progression to severe COVID-19 included rituximab (OR (95% CI) 2.92 (1.67 to 5.12)), renal failure (2.15 (95% CI 1.56 to 2.97)), Medicaid (vs Commercial; 2.01 (95% CI 1.58 to 2.57)), complicated hypertension (1.96 (95% CI 1.38 to 2.77)) and time of infection, among others. …”
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Gastrointestinal haemorrhage in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: insights from the national inpatient sample by Shantanu Solanki, Khwaja Fahad Haq, George Jolly, Raja Chandra Chakinala, Muhammad Ali Khan, Neil R. Patel, Abhishek Bhurwal, Khwaja Saad Haq, Christopher Nabors, Sarju Ganatra, Wilbert Aronow

“…Common comorbidities in this population were renal failure (71%), anaemia (55%), and hypertension (26%). …”
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Short-term and Midterm Treatment Results in Stanford Type-B Acute Dissection Patients by Deniz Demir, Nail Kahraman

“…In our Type B acute aortic dissection group which consists of 23 patients, the total mortality ratio was seen in 3 (13%) patients. The ratios for renal failure and for plegia were found as 4.3%. In thoracic endovascular aortic repair, no mortality was found.In conclusion, we primarily recommend conventional medical treatment for the patients in uncomplicated type in the treatment of the Type B acute aortic dissection patients. …”
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The Effect of Coronary Artery Disease and Related Drugs on Sexual Activity in Turkish Society by Barış Düzel, Didar Elif Akgün, Özgen Şafak, Abdulrahman Naser, Tarık Yıldırım, Abdulla Arslan, Gönül Açıksarı, Lütfü Bekar, Oğuzhan Çelik, Asım Oktay Ergene

“…In the group with sexual dysfunction, heart failure [21% (n=25) - 9% (n=18) - p=0.001], chronic renal failure [9% (n=11) - 0% (n=0) p<0.001], and BPH presence [34% (n=40)- (11% (n=23) p<0.001] were higher. …”
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Predictors of 30-day re-admission in cardiac patients at heart hospital, Qatar by Hajar A Hajar Albinali, Rajvir Singh, Abdul Rahman Al Arabi, Awad Al Qahtani, Nidal Asaad, Jassim Al Suwaidi

“…Diabetes (aOR 1.36, 95% CI: 1.20–1.53, P = 0.001), chronic renal failure (aOR 1.93, 95% CI: 1.66–2.24, P = 0.001), previous MI (aOR 3.22, 95% CI: 2.85–3.64, P = 0.001), atrial fibrillation (aOR 2.17, 95% C.I. : 1.10-2.67, P = 0.01), cardiomyopathy (aOR 1.72, 95% CI 1.47–2.02, P = 0.001), and chronic heart failure (aOR 1.56, 95% C.I.: 1.33-1.82, P = 0.001) were also independent predictors for re-admission in the regression model. …”
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Beneficial long-term effect of aldosterone antagonist added to a traditional blockade of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system among patients with obesity and proteinuria by Enrique Morales, Eduardo Gutiérrez, Jara Caro, Angel Sevillano, Jorge Rojas-Rivera, Manuel Praga

“…There was a trend toward slowing progression of renal failure with few adverse events.…”
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Post-transplant outcomes in heart transplant patients after implantation of CentriMag™ ventricular assist device by Davorin Šef, Ivan Bitunjac, Prashant Mohite, Alessandra Verzelloni Šef, Binu Raj, Fabio De Robertis, Ulrich Stock

“…Preoperatively, four patients (17%) were mechanically ventilated, four (14%) had uncertain neurological status, 9 (31%) had intra-aortic balloon pump, 26 (90%) had moderate/severe right ventricular failure, 14 (48%) had renal failure, five (17%) had multi-organ failure, and six (21%) had previous sternotomy at the time of the device implantation. …”
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Vitamin B12 - do we need it? by Krzysztof Mariusz Halczuk, Bolesław Tomasz Karwowski

“…It can cause a number of disorders, such as hypotension, weakened immunity or progressive renal failure. Another disorder associated with the abnormalities of the mitochondrial mechanism of vitamin B12 is defective succinylation of proteins. …”
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A Hybrid Risk Factor Evaluation Scheme for Metabolic Syndrome and Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease Based on Multiple Machine Learning Techniques by Mao-Jhen Jhou, Ming-Shu Chen, Tian-Shyug Lee, Chih-Te Yang, Yen-Ling Chiu, Chi-Jie Lu

“…The middle stages 3a and 3b of CKD indicate moderate renal failure. This study aims to construct an effective hybrid important risk factor evaluation scheme for subjects with MetS and CKD stages III based on ML predictive models. …”
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Exosomal non coding RNAs as a novel target for diabetes mellitus and its complications by Albert Sufianov, Andrey Kostin, Sema Begliarzade, Valentin Kudriashov, Tatiana Ilyasova, Yanchao Liang, Albert Mukhamedzyanov, Ozal Beylerli

“…The main problem of DM is the high incidence of damage to the cardiovascular system, which in turn leads to diseases such as myocardial infarction, stroke, gangrene of the lower extremities, blindness and chronic renal failure. As a result, the study of the molecular genetic mechanisms of the pathogenesis of DM is of critical importance for the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. …”
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Endoscopic and clinical features of gastric emphysema by Masaya Iwamuro, Ryuta Takenaka, Tatsuya Toyokawa, Masahide Kita, Takao Tsuzuki, Masao Yoshioka, Tatsuhiro Gotoda, Shotaro Okanoue, Minoru Matsubara, Chihiro Sakaguchi, Motoyuki Otsuka

“…The top five underlying conditions associated with gastric emphysema were the placement of a nasogastric tube (26.7%), diabetes mellitus (20.0%), post-percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (17.8%), malignant neoplasms (17.8%), and renal failure (15.6%). Among the 45 patients, 42 were managed conservatively with fasting and administration of proton pump inhibitors. …”
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Use of the temporal bypass technique in the treatment of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms by V. V. Shlomin, M. L. Gordeev, P. B. Bondarenko, A. V. Gusinskiy, P. D. Puzdriak, E. A. Yurtaev, Yu. P. Didenko, I. G. Drozhzhin, N. Iu. Grebenkina, O. V. Fionik, E. S. Vedernikova, I. V. Kas’ianov

“…When using a temporary bypass during planned operation 9.3 % (n=4) of the patients died within 30 days, while cross clamping method without visceral protection showed 13.9 % death rate (n=6). Acute renal failure developed in 7 (11.6 %) cases and it was observed more often in the group without using of temporary bypass technique. …”
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Epidemiology of Urinary Tract Infections in Hospitolized Children in Fatemi-Sahamieh Hospital (2005-2006) by M.R Shokrollahei

“…Chronic pyelonphritis is one of the important reasons of end stage renal failure. Our study is carried out on 167 children admitted in Fatemi koodacan Hospital due to urinary tract infection. …”
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Associations between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Various Comorbid Conditions in Germany—A Retrospective Cohort Study by Candice Aphroditta Imanuel, Sathiha Sivatheesan, Ai Koyanagi, Lee Smith, Marcel Konrad, Karel Kostev

“…A significant and clinically relevant positive association was observed between RA and seven disorders: soft tissue disorders (Odds Ratio (OR): 1.47; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.42–1.52), renal failure (OR: 1.36; 95% CI: 1.26–1.47), anemia (OR: 1.32; 95% CI: 1.24–1.40), liver diseases (OR: 1.32, 95% CI: 1.23–1.41), osteopathies and chondropathies (OR: 1.28; 95% CI: 1.22–1.3), diseases of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum (OR: 1.18; 95% CI: 1.14–1.22), and nutritional deficiencies (OR: 1.17; 95% CI: 1.10–1.24). …”
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Integrated multiple-microarray analysis and mendelian randomization to identify novel targets involved in diabetic nephropathy by Chenyu Fan, Yuye Gao, Ying Sun

“…BackgroundDiabetic nephropathy (DN), which is the main cause of renal failure in end-stage renal disease, is becoming a common chronic renal disease worldwide. …”
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