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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Variations in Superficial Palmar Arch: Case Series with Clinico-anatomical Perspective by Dibakar BORTHAKUR, Rajesh KUMAR, Seema SINGH

“…These variations are clinically important, especially during procedures like arterial blood sampling, cardiac catheterization, and hemodialysis. Thus, anatomical variabilities in this region may cause complications with vascular occlusion if not ascertained before the procedure.…”
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Projeto de extensão universitária ‘SaúHDe renal’: Efeitos na qualidade de vida e na aptidão física by Jordana Letícia Buratti, Thaís Severo Dutra, Moane Marchesan Krug, Clara Suemi da Costa Rosa, Paulo Ricardo Moreira, Robelius De-Bortoli, Rodrigo de Rosso Krug

“…It is concluded that TF benefits this type of public, mitigating the suffering that a context of hemodialysis causes. Keywords: Physical Exercise; Physical Form; Rehabilitation; Muscle Strength; Chronic Renal Failure …”
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Calciphylaxis: Temporal Artery Calcification Preceding Widespread Skin Lesions and Penile Necrosis by Manzoor A. Shah, Michael W. Roppolo

“…Few weeks later on hemodialysis, he developed widespread cutaneous lesions on extremities and penile necrosis with skin biopsy revealing calciphylaxis. …”
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Gastric and Duodenal Pseudomelanosis: An Extended Unusual Finding in a Patient with End Stage Kidney Disease by Noor Ul Ain Qureshi, Muhammad Faraz Younus, Kourosh Alavi, Muhammad Yasin Sheikh

“…We report a case of 88-year-old lady with ESRD who is maintained on hemodialysis and presented with abdominal pain. An upper GI endoscopy showed discoloration of the antrum of the stomach and most portion of her duodenum. …”
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A Unique Case of Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis by Benjamin Gershkovich, Christopher McCudden, Kevin D. Burns

“…He was treated with intravenous dextrose, crystalloids, and bicarbonate and underwent urgent hemodialysis. The patient responded well to supportive therapies and achieved full renal recovery one week after admission. …”
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Extended Peritoneal Dialysis and Renal Recovery in HIV-Infected Patients with Prolonged AKI: A Report of 2 Cases by Donlawat Saengpanit, Pongpratch Puapatanakul, Piyaporn Towannang, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch

“…Its efficacy in providing fluid and small solute removal has also been demonstrated in clinical trials and is equivalent to hemodialysis (HD). However, effect of RRT modality on renal recovery after AKI remains a controversy. …”
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Hybrid Version of the Kedem–Katchalsky–Peusner Equations for Diffusive and Electrical Transport Processes in Membrane by Andrzej Ślęzak, Sławomir M. Grzegorczyn

“…The membrane system with an Ultra Flo 145 Dialyser membrane used for hemodialysis and aqueous NaCl solutions was used as experimental setup. …”
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Late-Onset Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Accompanying Acute Pancreatitis and Hyperammonemia by Marcel Cerqueira Cesar Machado, Gilton Marques Fonseca, José Jukemura

“…Urea cycle disorder was suspected and hemodialysis was initiated. Following reduction of ammonia levels, subsequent treatment included protein restriction and administration of arginine and sodium benzoate. …”
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