Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report by Dela Hangri Jalmas, Fauzar Fauzar, Roza Kurniati, Deka Viotra, Harnavi Harun, Vesri Yoga, Alexander Kam

“…Keywords:  COVID-19, chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis…”
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Hepatic and Renal Failure after Anterior Myocardial Infarction Induced Apical Ventricular Septal Defect by Dirk Lossnitzer, Vedat Schwenger, Stephanie Lehrke, Evangelos Giannitsis, Martin Zeier, Hugo A. Katus, Henning Steen

“…To our knowledge, for the first time we report successful CAPD catheter drainage of hydroperitoneum in combination with CAPD hemodialysis.…”
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Sleep Parameters in Short Daily versus Conventional Dialysis: An Actigraphic Study by Ludimila D’Avila e Silva Allemand, Otávio Toledo Nóbrega, Juliane Pena Lauar, Joel Paulo Russomano Veiga, Einstein Francisco Camargos

“…This cross-sectional study was performed in three dialysis centers, including a convenience sample (nonprobability sampling) of 73 patients (36 patients on daily hemodialysis and 37 patients on conventional hemodialysis). …”
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Gambaran Tingkat Depresi pada Pasien Penyakit Ginjal Kronik yang Menjalani Hemodialisis di RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang by Fitri Amalia, Nadjmir ., Syaiful Azmi Azmi

“…Most characteristics of the respondents who were depressed were as follows : age 40-49 years, female, married, educated, past high school, housewives work and do not work, 13-18 months undergoing hemodialysis.<br />Keywords: depression, chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis</p>…”
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Endothelial injury is one of the risk factors for the progression of vascular calcification in patients receiving maintenance dialysis by Dan-Dan Yao, Xiao-Wei Yan, Yan Zhou, Zuo-Lin Li, Fang-Xin Qiu

“…Here, we aimed to evaluate vascular calcification and identify the factors associated with its progression in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis.Methods This is a prospective longitudinal study that included 374 patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Ureum terhadap Restless Legs Syndrome pada Pasien Chronic Kidney Disease by Gusri Rahayu, Hema Malini, Elvi Oktarina

“…This study is a correlation analysis using a cross sectional study design with a sampling technique that is purposive sampling of 16 hemodialysis patients. Data were analyzed using pearson correlation test. …”
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Chronic hepatitis B and risk of kidney involvement by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Issue of CHB is important in patients who are undergoing substitution treatment: hemodialysis or post kidney transplantation. Antiviral therapy is indicated to the most of these patients which potential, at the same time, is limited by initially decreased renal function, nephrotoxicity of some drugs or simultaneous prescription of immunosuppressants after organ transplantation. …”
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Pleuroperitoneal Leak as an Uncommon Cause of Pleural Effusion in Peritoneal Dialysis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Minh Huan Dang, Mathew Mathew, Rajesh Raj

“…In addition to thoracocentesis, treatment often involves cessation of peritoneal dialysis and transition to hemodialysis. We describe a case of an 80-year-old man who presented with unilateral right-sided pleural effusion. …”
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Assessing prevalence and predictors of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease by Amin Soliman, Noran Atef El Kordy, Farouk Mostafa Faris, Rabab Mahmoud Ahmed

“…Those already experiencing IAH and receiving hemodialysis faced more severe hypoglycemic episodes. …”
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Prosthetic Aortic Valve Stenosis in End-Stage Renal Failure by Michael Mao, Mirelle El Ters, Sunil Mankad, Mira Keddis, Soon Park, Qi Qian

“…Although renal failure is one of the known comorbidities associated with rapid progression of aortic stenosis, it is unclear whether hemodialysis alters the progression of prosthetic aortic valve stenosis. …”
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In Peritoneal Dialysis, Is There Sufficient Evidence to Make “PD First” Therapy? by Pranav Dalal, Harbaksh Sangha, Kunal Chaudhary

“…PD as the initial modality is being offered to far less patients than hemodialysis (HD), resulting in the current annual incidence rate of less than 10% in USA. …”
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Complement-Mediated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Due to MCP/CD46 Mutation: A Case Report by Abdul Muhsen Abdeen MD, Jowan Al-Nusair MD, Malik Samardali MD, Mohamed Alshal MD, Amro Al-Astal MD, Zeid Khitan MD

“…The patient exhibited severe renal and cardiovascular complications, including acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis, uremic pericarditis, and persistent anemia. …”
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Calciphylaxis: A Long Road to Cure with a Multidisciplinary and Multimodal Approach by Vasiliki Zoi, Dimitra Bacharaki, Aggeliki Sardeli, Minas Karagiannis, Sophia Lionaki

“…Calciphylaxis is a rare yet potentially fatal condition, resulting from ectopic calcification of the small arterioles of the dermis with resulting necrotic lesions infection, sepsis, and death. In hemodialysis patients, its prevalence ranges between 1 and 4%, while mortality amounts to 30–80%. …”
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Ethylene Glycol Poisoning: An Unusual Cause of Altered Mental Status and the Lessons Learned from Management of the Disease in the Acute Setting by R. Singh, E. Arain, A. Buth, J. Kado, A. Soubani, N. Imran

“…Mainstay of treatment is bicarbonate, fomepizole or ethanol, and, often, hemodialysis. A validated equation can be used to estimate necessary duration of hemodialysis, and even if direct measurements of ethylene glycol are not available, monitoring for the closure of the anion, lactate, and osmolal gaps can guide treatment. …”
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Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in Risk Groups in Canada by RK Chaudhary, Theresa Mo

“…The prevalence rate was also high by both tests (54.2%) in hemodialysis patients’ sera taken during 1980–82, when many cases of non-A,non-B hepatitis were suspected in this group. …”
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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome with a Kidney Transplant, Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, and Postoperative Complications by Georgi Yankov, Teodora Mihalova, Rosen Petkov, Evgeni Mekov, Stefka Yankova, Danail Petrov

“…The authors present a rare clinical case of a patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome and chronic kidney disease, who reached end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and underwent a long-term hemodialysis treatment, during which infections with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection were established. …”
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Lactobacillus acidophilus Endocarditis Complicated by Pauci-Immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis by Vivian O. Chukwurah, Comfort Takang, Chinelo Uche, David B. Thomas, Waguih El Masry, Hakan R. Toka

“…Two months after discharge, his renal function showed improvement, and hemodialysis was discontinued. This case highlights several complications associated with lactobacillus endocarditis including RPGN.…”
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MicroRNA-4735-3p Facilitates Ferroptosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Targeting SLC40A1 by Cairong Zhu, Zhiquan Song, Zhen Chen, Tianqi Lin, Haili Lin, Zhenqiang Xu, Fen Ai, Shijiao Zheng

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Associates of Cardiopulmonary Arrest in the Perihemodialytic Period by Jennifer E. Flythe, Nien-Chen Li, Shu-Fang Lin, Steven M. Brunelli, Jeffrey Hymes, Eduardo Lacson

“…Cardiopulmonary arrest during and proximate to hemodialysis is rare but highly fatal. Studies have examined peridialytic sudden cardiac event risk factors, but no study has considered associates of cardiopulmonary arrests (fatal and nonfatal events including cardiac and respiratory causes). …”
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Gene Expression Changes in Venous Segment of Overflow Arteriovenous Fistula by Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Akiko Okamoto, Hisao Saitoh, Shingo Hatakeyama, Takahiro Yoneyama, Takuya Koie, Chikara Ohyama

“…Venous tissue samples were collected from 6 hemodialysis patients with AV fistulas exposed to overflow and from the normal cephalic veins of 4 other hemodialysis patients. …”
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