Kawasaki-like disease and acute myocarditis in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – reports of three adolescents by Vladislav Vukomanovic, Stasa Krasic, Predrag Minic, Gordana Petrovic, Dejan Nesic, Aleksandra Paripovic, Milena Vasiljevic, Borko Gobeljic

“…All of the three patients had a history of fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, polymorph rash, non-exudative  onjunctivitis, and signs of acute myocarditis (AM). One of them had renal failure. Previously, they did not have an acute infection. …”
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Ganoderic Acids Prevent Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Inflammation and Apoptosis by Guangying Shao, Jinzhao He, Jia Meng, Ang Ma, Xiaoqiang Geng, Shun Zhang, Zhiwei Qiu, Dongmei Lin, Min Li, Hong Zhou, Shuqian Lin, Baoxue Yang

“…Renal ischemia reperfusion injury (RIRI) is one of the main causes of acute kidney injury (AKI), which can lead to acute renal failure. The development of RIRI is so complicated that it involves many factors such as inflammatory response, oxidative stress and cell apoptosis. …”
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Experience with aortic arch inclusion technique using artificial blood vessel for type A aortic dissection: an application study by Qingfeng Li, Bin Li, Shuqiang Xi, Zhaobin Li, Zhe Zhu, Zeyue Jin, Fan Yang, Lei Liu

“…Other notable complications included two cases of postoperative renal failure necessitating continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), one case of postoperative double lower limb paraplegia, and one case of cerebral infarction resulting in unilateral impairment of the left upper limb. …”
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Forty Years of the Description of Brown Spider Venom Phospholipases-D by Luiza Helena Gremski, Hanna Câmara da Justa, Thaís Pereira da Silva, Nayanne Louise Costacurta Polli, Bruno César Antunes, João Carlos Minozzo, Ana Carolina Martins Wille, Andrea Senff-Ribeiro, Raghuvir Krishnaswamy Arni, Silvio Sanches Veiga

“…PLDs trigger most of the major clinical symptoms of loxoscelism i.e., dermonecrosis, thrombocytopenia, hemolysis, and acute renal failure. The key role played by PLDs in the symptomatology of loxoscelism was first described 40 years ago, when researches purified a hemolytic toxin that cleaved sphingomyelin and generated choline, and was referred to as a Sphingomyelinase-D, which was subsequently changed to Phospholipase-D when it was demonstrated that the enzyme also cleaved other cellular phospholipids. …”
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Serious adverse events and 30-day hospital readmission rate following elective total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Costas Papakostidis, Peter V. Giannoudis, J. Tracy Watson, Robert Zura, R. Grant Steen

“…Of patients who received pTKA, the commonest SAEs were VTE (1.22%; 95% CI 0.83−1.70%) and genitourinary complications including renal insufficiency or renal failure (1.22%; 95% CI 0.83−1.67%). There has been significant improvement in SAE rate and 30-dRR since 2010 (χ2 test < 0.001). …”
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Zebrafish Model-Based Assessment of Indoxyl Sulfate-Induced Oxidative Stress and Its Impact on Renal and Cardiac Development by Paul Wei-Hua Tang, Ping-Hsun Wu, Yi-Ting Lin, Chen-Hao Chiu, Tien-Li Cheng, Wen-Hui Guan, Hugo You-Hsien Lin, Kun-Tai Lee, Yau-Hung Chen, Chien-Chih Chiu, Wangta Liu

“…Hemodialysis helps renal failure patients eliminate many nephrotoxins, except for IS, which leads to a poor prognosis. …”
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Effects of telemedicine interventions on essential hypertension: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yi Liu, Xiaoli Chen, Tao Lin, Ling Zhu, Dongze Li, Yu Jia, Yongli Gao, Xiao-Lian Jiang, Fanghui Li, Dongmei Diao

“…Secondary outcomes will include medication adherence (eg, the Morisky Medication Adherence Questionnaire), quality of life (eg, the MOS item scale of the Health Survey Short Form 36 questionnaire), blood pressure control rate and adverse events (eg, stroke, chronic renal failure, aortic dissection, myocardial infarction and heart failure). …”
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Appropriate timing of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation initiation after cardiac surgery by Mohamed Laimoud, Emad Hakami, Patricia Machado, Michelle Gretchen Lo, Mary Jane Maghirang

“…The postoperative ECMO group had significantly more frequent hospital mortality (p = 0.003), on-ECMO mortality (p = 0.006), cerebrovascular stroke (p = 0.034), acute renal failure requiring dialysis (p < 0.001), and lesser lactate clearance at 12 h (p = 0.016) and at 24 h (p = 0.023) compared to the intra-operative group. …”
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Relationship between Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Infection and Viral Load in Immunosuppressive Patients by Meryem Çolak, Aylin Altay Koçak, Buket Dalgıç, Zübeyde Nur Özkurt, Işıl Fidan, Seçil Özkan, Ahmet Pınar, Gülendam Bozdayı

“…Three of the patients that EBV DNA detected had liver transplant, one had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, one had Burkitt’s lymphoma, one had acute renal failure, and one had gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis while follow-up. …”
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Primary Human Derived Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells: An Appropriate In Vitro Model to Study Shiga Toxin Mediated Damage of Endothelial Cells by Wouter J. C. Feitz, Nicole C. A. J. van de Kar, Ian Cheong, Thea J. A. M. van der Velden, Carolina G. Ortiz-Sandoval, Dorothea Orth-Höller, Lambert P. J. W. van den Heuvel, Christoph Licht

“…Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare disease primarily characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Endothelial damage is the hallmark of the pathogenesis of HUS with an infection with the Shiga toxin (Stx) producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> (STEC-HUS) as the main underlying cause in childhood. …”
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Periodontal Treatment Needs of Hemodialized Patients by Agata Trzcionka, Henryk Twardawa, Katarzyna Mocny-Pachońska, Marta Tanasiewicz

“…End-stage renal failure is the reason for complications in many systems and organs, and the applied pharmacotherapy often causes the deepening of already existing pathologies within the oral cavity, such as: caries, periodontal diseases, mucosal lesions or reduced saliva secretion. …”
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Interference With Coagulation Cascade as a Novel Approach to Counteract Cisplatin-Induced Acute Tubular Necrosis; an Experimental Study in Rats by Mohamed G. Ewees, Basim A. S. Messiha, Ali A. Abo-Saif, Ali A. Abo-Saif, Asmaa M. A. Bayoumi, Mohamed S. Abdel-Bakky, Mohamed S. Abdel-Bakky

“…Cisplatin administration increased expression of fibrin and TF starting 24 h of cisplatin injection even before renal failure markers elevated. Leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, and increased prothrombin time were also observed. …”
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A 71-Year-Old Man From Ecuador With a History of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia and Lung Cavitation Associated With Triple Infection With , , and by Killen H. Briones-Claudett MD, MSc, Mónica H. Briones-Claudett MSc, MD, Francisco Javier Cordova Loor MD, MSc, Roger Alexander Murillo Vasconez MD, Carolina del Rosario Rivera Salas MD, Cynthia K. Bajaña Huilcapi MD, Domenica F. Estupinan Vargas MD, Stalin E. Rodriguez Garcia MD, Jaime Benitez Sólis MD, MSc, Killen H. Briones Zamora MS, Diana C. Briones Marquez MD, Michelle Grunauer MD, PhD

“…The patient developed a septic shock and renal failure with a glomerular filtration rate of 27.5 mL/min/1.73 m 2 ; therefore, two hemodiafiltration sessions were started. …”
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Baicalin Exhibits a Protective Effect against Cisplatin-Induced Cytotoxic Damage in Canine Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells by Yao Wang, Xiao Li, Chuanguo Yan, Liuwei Xie, Yang Yang

“…Renal failure is a common chronic disease in dogs that substantially affects both their quality of life and longevity. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of fibroblast growth factor 21 research over the period 2000 to 2021 by Qin-Ying She, Li-Juan Li, Ming-Hong Liu, Ru-Yu Tan, Yi-Wen Zhong, Jing-Fu Bao, Jing-Fu Bao, Jie-Dong Xie

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Significance of Glomerular C1q Deposits in IgA Nephropathy by Divya Radhakrishnan, NK Supriya, M Sreelatha, KP Aravindan

“…Most significantly the study concluded that there is an increased tendency for the C1q positive patients to go into renal failure.…”
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Correlation of Ultrasound Parameters with Serum Creatinine in Renal Parenchymal Disease by H. Khadka, B Shrestha, S Sharma, A Shrestha, S Regmi, A Ismail, G Thapa, S Pathak

“…Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common cause of renal failure. It involves a progressive loss in the structure and function of the kidneys over the course of months, with or without decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR). …”
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Targeted Therapy for Glomerulonephritis Using Arterial Delivery of Encapsulated Etanercept by Natalia A. Shushunova, Oksana A. Mayorova, Ekaterina S. Prikhozhdenko, Olga A. Goryacheva, Oleg A. Kulikov, Valentina O. Plastun, Olga I. Gusliakova, Albert R. Muslimov, Olga A. Inozemtseva, Nikolay A. Pyataev, Alexander A. Shirokov, Dmitry A. Gorin, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Olga A. Sindeeva

“…Complex immunosuppressive therapy is prescribed in medical practice to patients with glomerulonephritis to help them overcome symptoms and prevent chronic renal failure. Such an approach requires long-term systemic administration of strong medications, which causes severe side effects. …”
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Data Analysis and Systematic Scoping Review on the Pathogenesis and Modalities of Treatment of Thyroid Storm Complicated with Myocardial Involvement and Shock by Eman Elmenyar, Sarah Aoun, Zain Al Saadi, Ahmed Barkumi, Basar Cander, Hassan Al-Thani, Ayman El-Menyar

“…BB-induced circulatory collapse, acute renal failure, CRRT, and ventricular fibrillation were significantly associated with mortality. …”
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The impact of long-term aspirin use on the patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty by Xiuhua Mao, Chen Liang, Xiaoqin Li, Danping Shi, Qinfeng Yang, Hao Xie, Fangguo Liang, Yuhui Cui

“…L-AU before surgery was linked to increased risks of perioperative complications, such as blood transfusion (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.339), genitourinary disease (aOR: 1.349), acute renal failure (aOR: 1.292), acute myocardial infarction (aOR: 1.494), higher total charge (L-AU vs. the whole non-L-AU vs. matched non-L-AU: $66,727.15 vs. $59,697.08 vs. $59,926.32), and prolonged hospitalization stay (LOS) (aOR: 0.837). …”
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