Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) as an Early Predictor for Mortality and Overall Survival in Hematological and Non-Hematological Patients with COVID-19: Multicenter... by Elżbieta Kalicińska, Monika Biernat, Justyna Rybka, Aleksander Zińczuk, Justyna Janocha-Litwin, Marta Rosiek-Biegus, Marta Morawska, Anna Waszczuk-Gajda, Joanna Drozd-Sokołowska, Łukasz Szukalski, Marcin Rymko, Paula Jabłonowska, Krzysztof Simon, Tomasz Wróbel

“…Our findings demonstrated EASIX as a strong predictor of intensive care unit admission, in-hospital mortality, the occurrence of acute renal failure and the need for hemodialysis, both in hematological and non-hematological COVID-19 patients. …”
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Proton Pump Inhibitor Use May Increase the Risk of Diverticulitis but Not It’s Severity among Patients with Colonic Diverticulosis: A Multicenter Study by Wisam Sbeit, Tawfik Khoury, Anas Kadah, Waseem Asadi, Amir Shahin, Ahmad Lubany, Mohammed Safadi, Haya Haddad, Ruba Abu Ahmad, Sami Abu El Hija, Rand Abboud, Mahmud Mahamid, Rinaldo Pellicano, Amir Mari

“…After multivariate analysis, the non-modifiable risk factors associated with diverticulitis included: age (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), hypertension (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), chronic renal failure (<i>p</i> = 0.007), diabetes mellitus (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), and left colon location (<i>p</i> = 0.02). …”
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Dyslipidemia in kidney receiver by S. M. Martirosyan, E. D. Kosmacheva

“…Kidney transplantation is the gold standard of treatment in patients with a terminal renal failure. Nevertheless, the main reason for death of recipients, loss of the renal allograft is cardiovascular disease, and disorder of lipid profile remains one of the most significant risk factors and progressing of cardiovascular pathology.Aim. …”
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Safety Profile of Vitamin D in Italy: An Analysis of Spontaneous Reports of Adverse Reactions Related to Drugs and Food Supplements by Valentina Maggini, Giada Crescioli, Ilaria Ippoliti, Eugenia Gallo, Francesca Menniti-Ippolito, Adelaide Chiaravalloti, Vittorio Mascherini, Roberto Da Cas, Simona Potenza, Giulia Gritti, Maria Teresa Galiulo, Laura Sottosanti, Alfredo Vannacci, Niccolò Lombardi, Fabio Firenzuoli

“…Overall, 332 (29.6%) ARs were classified as serious, and the most described ones were hypercalcaemia, renal failure and tachycardia. Serious AR risk was significantly higher for subjects using more than four concomitant products (OR 2.44 [95% CI 1.30–4.60]) and VitD doses higher than 1000 IU/day (OR 2.70 [95% CI 1.30–5.64]). …”
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Liver-HERO: hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI) treatment with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in patients with cirrhosis—a randomized controlled trial... by Cristina Ripoll, Stephanie Platzer, Philipp Franken, Rene Aschenbach, Andreas Wienke, Ulrike Schuhmacher, Ulf Teichgräber, Andreas Stallmach, Jörg Steighardt, Alexander Zipprich, Liver-HERO Study Group

“…In the last decades, with the new definition of renal failure in patients with cirrhosis, patients are identified at an earlier stage. …”
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A Novel Circ_Arf3/miR-452-5p/Mbnl1 Axis Regulates Proliferation and Expression of Fibrosis-Related Proteins of Mouse Mesangial Cells Under High Glucose by Wang Q, Zhu Y, Dong Q, Zhang L, Zhang W

“…Qiong Wang, Yanting Zhu, Qianlan Dong, Linping Zhang, Wei Zhang Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an City, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Wei Zhang, Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, No. 256 West Youyi Road, Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710068, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 2985251331, Email zhangweiglu2021@126.comBackground: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a serious microvascular complication of diabetes that may lead to chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in DN progression. …”
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Red cell distribution width improves the simplified acute physiology score for risk prediction in unselected critically ill patients by Hunzike, Sabina, Celi, Leo Anthony G., Lee, Joon, Howell, Michael D.

“…Subgroups demonstrated robust results for gender, age categories, SAPS categories, anemia, hematocrit categories, and renal failure. Conclusions: RDW is a promising independent short- and long-term prognostic marker in ICU patients and significantly improves risk stratification of SAPS. …”
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Characterization and evaluation of a bilayer swellable drug-eluting stent for the treatment of fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Er, Pei Shan

“…Stricture can result in severe consequences, such as hydronephrosis, renal failure, pain and even death. The current standard of care involving full thickness incision and post-operative stenting does not always produce successful outcome and recurrent stricture can occur, with prevalence rate up to 11%. …”
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COST EFFECTIVENESS ANTARA BLOK KAUDAL DAN KETOROLAC INTRAVENA SEBAGAI ANALGESIA EARLY PERIOD POST OPERASI PADA PASIEN PEDIATRIK YANG MENJALANI OPERASI SEGMEN BAWAH UMBILICUS DENGAN... by , Juni Kurniawaty, , Dr. H. Muhdar Abubakar, SpAn.KIC

“…Exclusion criteria: contraindication to caudal block performed, a history of allergy to NSAIDs, bupivacaine and medications used, asthma, a history of analgesia in a long time, peptic ulceration, gastrointestinal bleeding, previous use of anticoagulants, renal failure, liver disease, previous use of NSAIDs (<24 hours), chronic pain syndrome. …”

Real-Time High Resolution Melting Analysis-PCR for Assessment of Gene Mutations in Human Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease by Mohd Jas, Rusni

“…Although the manifestation of Type1 ADPKD is similar to Type2, it is more severe and patients suffer total renal failure by the fifth decade of life. In finding the mutations occurring in both genes, PCR-based methodology have been used and all require technical expertise, otherwise are time consuming and costly. …”
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The rate and associated factors for GFR decline among chronic kidney disease stage 3 patients in HUSM : a retrospective study by Kamarudin, Muhammad Imran

“…Introduction: The number of patients diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has steadily; other than affecting the health of the individuals, the impact of the disease can also be seen in the national economy as the cost for management and treatment of progressive CKD, in particular end stage renal failure (ESRD) is highly disproportionate to the population of affected patients. …”
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Stimulasi stres dan strategi daya tindak dalam kalangan pesakit kegagalan renal peringkat akhir yang menjalani rawatan hemodialisis dl Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) by Masliza, Tuda

“…This is quantitative descriptive study that identifies stressor and coping strategy among end stage renal failure (ESRF) patient receiving hemodialysis treatment in Hospital of University Science Malaysia (HUSM). …”
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Cost effectiveness analysis of erythropoietin therapy in the ministry of health dialysis programme by Md. Yusof, Faridah Aryani

“…End-stage renal failure patients are normally anaemic due to failure of renal to produce endogenous erythropoietin (EPO). …”
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Protective effect and action mechanism of gold and zincoxide nano-particles on early diabetic nephropathy in wistar rat by Mohammad Alomari, Ghada

“…Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure and has become a global health issue. Recently, nanomedicines have attracted the attention of researchers; gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) were demonstrated to have antihyperglycemic and antioxidative effects. …”
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خزعة الكلية عند مرضى البيلة البروتينية المنخفضة by شريف السالم, عزيزة المكن

“…أهمية البحث وأهدافه: تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تحديد الوقت الذي نضطر فيه لإجراء خزعة الكلية عند المرضى الذين يعانون من بيلة بروتينية < 1500 ملغ / بول 24 ساعة ، في غياب القصور الكلوي الحاد acute renal failure (ARF). وجد لدينا 16 من 50 حالة مرضية  أجري لهم خزعة كلية في الفترة من 2011 -2013  في مشفى الأسد والمواساة الجامعيين في دمشق، وكانت البيلة البروتينية لديهم < 1500 ملغ /24 ساعة ، مع وظيفة كلوية طبيعية . …”
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What are Risk Factors of Postoperative Pneumonia in Geriatric Individuals after Hip Fracture Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Yu‐Cheng Gao, Yuan‐Wei Zhang, Liu Shi, Wang Gao, Ying‐Juan Li, Hui Chen, Yun‐Feng Rui

“…The results indicated that age (mean difference [MD] = 4.95, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.22–6.69), male (odds ratio [OR] = 1.41, 95% CI: 1.02–1.93), the American Society of Anaesthesiologists classification ≥3 (OR = 3.48, 95% CI: 1.87–6.47), dependent functional status (OR = 5.23, 95% CI: 2.18–12.54, P = 0.0002), smoking (OR = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.07–1.65), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR = 3.76, 95% CI: 2.07–6.81), diabetes mellitus (OR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.01–1.40), coronary heart disease (OR = 1.74, 95% CI: 1.23–2.46), arrhythmia (OR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.01–2.14), cerebrovascular disease (OR = 1.88, 95% CI: 1.56–2.27), dementia (OR = 2.36, 95% CI: 1.04–5.36), chronic renal failure (OR = 1.85, 95% CI: 1.29–2.67), hip arthroplasty (OR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.08–1.56), delayed surgery (OR = 6.40, 95% CI: 3.00–13.68), preoperative creatinine (MD = 5.32, 95% CI: 0.55–10.08), and preoperative serum albumin (MD = −3.01, 95% CI: −4.21 – −1.80) were risk factors for POP. …”
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Abstract 25 — Remitting Seronegative Symmetric Synovitis with Pitting Edema (RS3PE) in Dialysis Patient by Fatima AlKindi, Nihal AlBashir, Ahmad Chaaban, Abraham George, Mohamed Saad, Mohammad Al Hakim, Mohammed Budruddin, Imran Khan, Yousef Boobes

“…Recently, he was treated for left foot cellulitis and advanced renal failure (813 micromol/L) initiated on hemodialysis. …”
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Voriconazole Pharmacokinetics Are Not Altered in Critically Ill Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: An Observational Study by Jörn Grensemann, Christoph Pfaffendorf, Sebastian G. Wicha, Christina König, Kevin Roedl, Dominik Jarczak, Stefanie Iwersen-Bergmann, Carolin Manthey, Stefan Kluge, Valentin Fuhrmann

“…Because ACLF patients often suffer from concomitant acute renal failure, we studied the PK of VRC in patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (RRT) with ACLF and compared it to PK of VRC in critically ill patients with RRT without concomitant liver failure (NLF). …”
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Fístula Arteriovenosa após Nefrectomia Radical: A Propósito de um Caso Clínico Arteriovenous fistula after Radical Nephrectomy:: a case report by Nádia Duarte, Nuno Figueira, Ana Gonçalves, Gil Marques, Pedro Barroso, António González, Marco Zamora, Inês Pinheiro, Ana Afonso, Maria José Ferreira

“…The authors describe the case of a 51 year old man, with chronic renal failure (CRF) on hemodialysis, sent to a Urology consultation because of a solid nodule in the right kidney, suggestive of malignancy, found by MRI. …”
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Transferring Surgical Expertise: Analyzing the Learning Curve of Robotic Cardiac Surgery Operative Time Reduction When Surgeon Moves from One Experienced Center to Another by Sherif M. Khairallah, Mohamed Rahouma, Stephanie L. Mick

“…There was no difference between the initial 30 cases and subsequent cases regarding cardiopulmonary bypass time, myocardial ischemia time, reoperation for bleeding, prolonged ventilation, reintubation, renal failure, need for an intra-aortic balloon pump, readmission to the ICU, reoperation for valvular dysfunction within 30 days, pneumonia, and deep venous thrombosis. …”
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