A Report of Two Cases of Hazards Associated with High Flow Arteriovenous Fistula in ESRD Patients by Vipuj Shah, Rakesh Navuluri, Yolanda Becker, Mary Hammes

“…High flow arteriovenous fistulas are a common clinical entity affecting patients with end-stage renal failure receiving hemodialysis. Given the difficulty in predicting who will develop a high flow arteriovenous fistula the exact prevalence is unclear. …”
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Peritoneal Dialysis Drop-out: Causes and Prevention Strategies by Kunal Chaudhary

“…Since then, several advances have been made and PD has been accepted as an alternative therapy to hemodialysis (HD), with excellent survival, lower cost, and improved quality of life. …”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Outcomes after Renal Intervention by Daynene Vykoukal, Mark G. Davies

“…Metabolic syndrome is associated with markedly reduced renal clinical benefit and increased progression to hemodialysis following endovascular intervention for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. …”
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Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome Secondary to Small-Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Unknown Origin: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review by Phyo Thazin Myint, Hifza Waheed Butt, Taha Alrifai, Carlos Marin

“…Computed tomography (CT) abdomen showed a large tumor mass with peritoneal metastasis, and she developed renal failure from STLS, resulting in the need for hemodialysis. Due to the progressive deterioration and the comorbidities, she opted for comfort care. …”
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Effect of chronic kidney diseases-associated pruritus on patients’ sleep quality, well-being and its management by Inayat Ur Rehman, Tahir Mehmood Khan

“… Chronic kidney diseases-associated pruritus (CKD-aP) affects the patients’ mental and physical health, potentially resulting in fatigue, depression, and directly affecting quality of sleep. Hemodialysis patients were reported to experiencing moderate to extreme CKD-aP, thus exhibited higher possibilities of remaining awake at night while sleeping in the day. …”
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Pneumomediastinum and Mediastinal Hematoma Secondary to Right Brachiocephalic Vein Thrombectomy Mimicking STEMI by Prem Shukla, Prudence Dy, Rishi Raj, Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy, Noel Nivera

“…A 50-year-old male with a history of hemodialysis dependent chronic kidney disease presented to our emergency department with acute midsternal crushing chest pain. …”
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A Comparative Study on State of Charge Estimation using EKF and IEKF by Derouech Yassine, Mesbahi Abdelouahed

“…The nature of the “Portable Intelligent Micro Device for Hemodialysis” system requires a mobile electrical energy source capable of providing the essential power for efficient system operation. …”
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Anuric Acute Kidney Injury in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication Case by Angela Kimberly Tjahjadi, Artaria Tjempakasari

“…Management included fluid restriction to maintain euvolemic status, hypouricemic agents, urinary alkalinization, urgent hemodialysis for acute kidney injury, and blood product transfusions to address haematological imbalances. …”
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Empedobacter brevis Meningitis in a Neonate: A Very Rare Case of Neonatal Meningitis and Literature Review by Deepak Sharma, Ankur Patel, Priyanka Soni, Pradeep Sharma, Basudev Gupta

“…The reservoir of these bacteria is soil, plants, water, food, hospital water sources, including incubators, sinks, faucets, tap water, hemodialysis systems, saline solutions, and other pharmaceutical solutions. …”
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Phosphate Metabolism in CKD Stages 3–5: Dietary and Pharmacological Control by Markus Ketteler

“…The RIND study, evaluating progression of coronary artery calcification in incident hemodialysis patients, indirectly demonstrated that vascular calcification processes start to manifest in CKD patients prior to the dialysis stage, which may be closely linked to early and invisible derangements in calcium and phosphate homeostasis. …”
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Extreme Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Renal Failure, and Protracted Ileus in a Case of Legionella Pneumonia by C. Laivier, M.-O. Bleuze, P. Hantson, J. Devos

“…Risk factors were smoking and chronic alcoholism, but the patient had no history of previous abdominal surgery. Hemodialysis was required for a period of 5 weeks with a full renal recovery. …”
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Relationship between Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Mineral Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease by Kosaku Nitta

“…Finally, prospective studies have shown that high serum FGF-23 concentrations predict more rapid disease progression in CKD patients who were not on dialysis and increased mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. FGF-23 may therefore prove to be an important therapeutic target for the management of CKD.…”
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Addison’s Disease Presenting as Acute Renal Failure and Hyperkalemic Paralysis: A Rare Presentation by Kundan Jana, Kalyana Janga, Sheldon Greenberg, Amit Gulati

“…Here, we present the case of a young 37-year-old male who came with hyperkalemic paralysis and acute renal failure needing emergent hemodialysis. He had no past medical history and no medication history. …”
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A Case of Relapsing Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis by Dokdonella koreensis by Jamie Bee Xian Tan, Alvin Ren Kwang Tng, Htay Htay

“…He eventually required removal of catheter and was transferred to hemodialysis. Infections due to unusual organisms may pose a diagnostic issue as currently available commercial tests will not be able to identify them. …”
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Acute Renal Failure due to a Tobramycin and Vancomycin Spacer in Revision Two-Staged Knee Arthroplasty by Ronak A. Patel, Hayden P. Baker, Sara B. Smith

“…We present a case of a two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty in which a cement antibiotic spacer caused acute renal failure and ultimately resulted in persistent chronic kidney disease without hemodialysis at 2 months’ follow-up. Our case reports the third highest serum tobramycin (13.7 mcg/ml) and second highest serum creatinine (8.62 mg/dl) for patients experiencing ARF due to an antibiotic spacer in two-stage revision TKA.…”
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Corrigendum: Adverse drug events (ADEs) risk signal mining related to eculizumab based on the FARES database by Xi-Feng Wang, Lu-Ri Bao, Ta-La Hu, Rui-Feng Xu, Wu-Niri Gao, Jing-Yuan Wang, Jian-Rong Zhao, Zhen-Li Fu, Shu-Fang Wang, Yan Meng

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The Blood Compatibilities of Blood Purification Membranes and Other Materials Developed in Japan by Takaya Abe, Karen Kato, Tomoaki Fujioka, Tadao Akizawa

“…Since the biocompatibilities of blood purification therapy in particular hemodialysis are not just a prognostic factor for dialysis patients but a contributory factor for long-term complications, it should be considered with adequate attention. …”
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Highest Recorded Serum Creatinine by Christine Persaud, Uttsav Sandesara, Victor Hoang, Joshua Tate, Wayne Latack, David Dado

“…He initially presented with uremia and signs of acute renal allograft failure after two months of immunosuppressive medication nonadherence, ultimately requiring emergent hemodialysis, which was complicated by new onset seizures. …”
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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in Two Elderly Men with Urinary Tract Infection by Jan Van Keer, Daan Detroyer, Bert Bammens

“…The second case is an 80-year-old man who was admitted for heart failure with cardiorenal dilemma and who was started on intermittent hemodialysis. There was a sudden purple discoloration of the urine in the collection bag from his indwelling catheter. …”
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Quality of Life, Depression, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapies in Saudi Arabia by Emad Adel Shdaifat

“…Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants comprising hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and kidney transplantation (Tx) patients. …”
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