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Clinical Nephrology is a specialty of medicine that concerns itself with the study of normal kidney function, kidney problems, the treatment of kidney problems and renal replacement therapy including dialysis and kidney transplantation.
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2021-07-23 Research Article
Mohammed K Faizan*, Courtney McCracken, Kenneth Lieberman, Traci Leong and Mark R Benfield
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Objective: We set up a U.S. registry to examine prescription patterns and patient outcomes of repository corticotropin injection (Acthar® Gel) for childhood nephrotic syndrome.
Methods: 18 participating U.S. pediatric centers performed retrospective review and pr...
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2021-07-21 Research Article
José Lucas Daza Lopez*, John F Galindo, Mónica R Villaquiran, Emilio D Valenzuela, Andres Cardenas, Luis Jose Daza6, Maria Camila Correcha, Jonathan de Jong, Yaroslad De La Cruz Prieto, Gerardo Gutierrez and Luis Puello
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Background and objectives: An arteriovenous fistula is considered to be an ideal vascular access for patients receiving hemodialysis, its main limitation is its high failure rate to achieve maturation and long-term functionality loss. Multiple strategies have attempted to iden...
2021-07-20 Research Article
Niakhaleen Keita*, Maria Faye, Sidy Mouhamed Seck, Boucar Ndong, Moustapha Faye, Ahmed Tall Lemrabott, Bacary Ba, Seynabou Diagne1, Mansour Mbengue, Ameth Dieng, Mamadou Aw Ba, Abdou Sy, Modou Ndongo, Babacar Ndiaye and Elhadji Fary Ka
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Introduction: Determination of dry weight is one of the daily goals to achieve in hemodialysis. The aim of this study was to validate the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in estimation of dry weight in a population of Senegalese chronic hemodialysis patients.
...2021-07-14 Case Report
Anas Diab*, Parravani Anthony, Hollie Berryman and Kareem Diab
Atheroembolic disease (AED), or Cholesterol Crystals Embolism, is a systemic disease presented as a complication of severe atherosclerosis [1], where older age, male sex, diabetes hypercholesterolemia, smoking and hypertension [2], are the main risk factors for the development of Atheroscle...
2021-05-05 Research Article
Luis Miguel Castro Fonseca dos Santos Oliveira*, Rui Arlindo dos Santos Alves de Castro and Teresa Margarida Ribeiro Pinto Morgado
In Portugal, around 2500 patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD stage 5) start a renal replacement therapy (RRT) for the first time each year [1]. They have four main treatment options: kidney transplantation (TX); haemodialysis (HD); peritoneal dialysis (PD) and conservative treatme...
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2021-04-27 Research Article
Qilin Yang, Weichao Huang, Xiaomei Zeng, Jiezhao Zheng, Weixiao Chen and Deliang Wen*
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Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major health problem affecting millions of people worldwide. Effective preventative and therapeutic treatments remain to be produced. We aim to determine the association between blood glucose and mortality in critical patients with A...
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2021-04-27 Research Article
Fernanda Nogueira Holanda Ferreira Braga*, Marta Maria das Chagas Medeiros, Antônio Brazil Viana Jr., Levi Coelho Maia Barros, Marcelo Ximenes Pontes, Matheus Eugênio de Sousa Lima, Allyson Wosley de Sousa Lima and Paula Frassinetti Castelo Branco Camurça Fernandes
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Background: Lupus Nephritis (LN) occurs in approximately half of all patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and it is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with SLE. Factors associated with poor renal outcome vary among studies, and researches...
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2021-04-22 Case Report
Zajjari Yassir*, Sobhi Aya, Aatif Taoufiq, Azizi Mounia and El Kabbaj Driss
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a rare complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and carries a high mortality.
It was first described by Osler in 1904 as the most devastating pulmonary complication of SLE.
We describe a case of a 23-year-old girl recently diagnos...
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2021-04-08 Research Article
R Nasrallah, J Zimpelmann, V Cheff, JF Thibodeau, KD Burns and RL Hébert*
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Introduction: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors such as empagliflozin (EMPA) protect against diabetic kidney disease. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) the main renal product of cyclooxygenase-2, inhibits vasopressin (AVP)-water reabsorption in the collecting duct (CD). The nov...
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2021-03-08 Case Report
HHS Kharagjitsing*, PAW te Boekhorst and Nazik Durdu-Rayman
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Background: Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a rare and life-threatening complication of prostate carcinoma. Whether plasma exchange has a role in treatment remains a subject of debate. Here we present a case followed by a systematic review of the literature on this subjec...
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