Sandwiched Strut Allografts with Stem Retention to Treat Fragile Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures: A Case Report by Hyoung Tae Kim, Hyun Jun Lee, Suenghwan Jo

“…A 73-year-old female with 23 years of hemodialysis experienced pain and instability in her right thigh following a slip. …”
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Diabetic microangiopathies: mechanisms of development, approaches to the therapy by Birukova E.V, Shinkin M.V.

“…Among patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, one-third have serious kidney complications, characterized by an increase in urinary albumin excretion and a decrease in renal function, up to hemodialysis.<br> Therapeutic approaches to the treatment of microangiopathies (diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy), the use of calcium dobesilate are discussed.…”
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Diagnostic Challenge in a Patient with Severe Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis by Eugene M. Tan, Ejaaz Kalimullah, M. Rizwan Sohail, Kannan Ramar

“…Laboratory analysis revealed serum pH 6.84, bicarbonate 5.8 mmol/L, pCO2 29 mmHg, anion gap 22.2 mmol/L, osmolal gap 17.4 mOsm/kg, elevated beta-hydroxybutyrate (4.2 mmol/L), random blood sugar 213 mg/dL, creatinine 2.1 mg/dL, and potassium 7.5 mmol/L with no electrocardiogram (EKG) changes. Fomepizole and hemodialysis were initiated for presumed ethylene glycol or methanol ingestion. …”
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Severe Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure in a Young Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Siddharth Wartak, Isaac Akkad, Adnan Sadiq, Gregory Crooke, Manfred Moskovits, Robert Frankel, Gerald Hollander, Jacob Shani

“…A 23-year-old African American woman with a past medical history of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), secondary hypertension, and end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis for eight years was stable until she developed symptomatic severe mitral regurgitation with preserved ejection fraction. …”
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An Unusual Case of Anti-GBM Antibody Elevation in HIV-Associated Nephropathy by Vinay Minocha, Raafat Makary, Andreea Poenariu

“…We present a case of a 27-year-old African American female with a history of schizophrenia, cocaine abuse, and HIV infection who upon admission to our hospital was found to have severe acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis. Urine studies revealed nephrotic range proteinuria and a serological workup was positive for anti-GBM antibody elevation with a value of 91 units (normal: 0–20 units). …”
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Sharp needle reconstructs peripheral outflow for patients with malfunctional arteriovenous fistula by Yong Xu, Shu-Yuan Zhu, Yuan-Ming Li, Xin-Xin Liu, Hao Zhang, Lu-Fang Wang

“…Objective To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of combining ultrasound-guided sharp needle technique with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for treating outflow stenosis or dysfunction in arteriovenous fistula (AVF) among hemodialysis patients.Methods From October 2021 to March 2023, patients with occluded or malfunctional fistula veins not amenable to regularly angioplasty were retrospectively enrolled in the study. …”
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Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in the Developing World: Challenges and Outcome in a Tertiary Hospital in Southeast Nigeria by Odutola Israel Odetunde, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Samuel Nkachukwu Uwaezuoke, Bertilla Uzoma Ezeonwu, Oluchi Mildred Ukoha

“…Eleven (44%) patients required chronic dialysis program/ renal transplant, of which only 1 (9.1%) accessed and sustained chronic hemodialysis, giving a dialysis acceptance rate of 9.1%. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Management of Hypercalcemic Crisis in 155 Patients: A Single Center Retrospective Study by Yuqing Qu, Yang Liu, Xianling Wang, Qinghua Guo, Jin Du, Yu Pei, Jianming Ba, Weijun Gu, Jingtao Dou, Zhaohui Lv, Yiming Mu

“…These 155 patients with hypercalcemic crisis got effective therapies that included simultaneous administration of intravenous injection (IV) isotonic saline, subcutaneous calcitonin, bisphosphonate, or hemodialysis in serious cases. After emergency treatment, all the symptoms in the patients were relieved obviously. …”
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Colonic Mucosal Ulceration and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Associated with Sevelamer Crystal Deposition in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease by Sudheer Nambiar, Unnikrishnan Kunjan Pillai, Joe Devasahayam, Tony Oliver, Asha Karippot

“…ESRD population are at increased risk of bleeding secondary to use of anticoagulation during hemodialysis and uremia induced platelet dysfunction. …”
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy to Salvage Renal Transplants from Severe Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection by Michael Latzko, Sakshi Jasra, Sana Akbar, Harry Sun, Sadanand Palekar

“…A 40-year-old Hispanic female with end stage renal disease had been receiving hemodialysis. The patient had numerous class 1 unacceptable antigens. …”
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Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation in Patients Undergoing Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion: First Cases Reported by the ERUS-RAKT Working Group by José Ignacio Pérez-Reggeti, Begoña Etcheverry, María Fiol, Angelo Territo, Luca Afferi, Oscar Buisan, Luis Riera, José F. Suarez-Novo, Alberto Breda, Francesc Vigués

“…At 9 mo after surgery, both patients had experienced no complications and had stable renal function with no need for hemodialysis. This first experience of RAKT in patients with cystectomy and UD demonstrates the feasibility and safety of the procedure.…”
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The prevalence of functional dyspepsia using Rome IV questionnaire among chronic kidney disease patients by Omar Abdelazim, Alshymaa A. Hassnine, Basma Fathy, Ahmed Mgdy, Nady Semeda, Shereen R. Mahmoud, Zeinab M. Saad, Haitham A. Mahmoud

“…The most common predictor of FD in CKD patients was chronic HCV infection, hemodialysis, stage of CKD and eGFR as revealed by Univariate regression analysis.Conclusion The prevalence of FD amongst CKD patients is 14.7% with EPS the predominant subtype. …”
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An Atypical Presentation of a Male with Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome Type 1 Related Ciliopathy by Sheena Sharma, Jennifer M. Kalish, Ethan M. Goldberg, Francis Jeshira Reynoso, Madhura Pradhan

“…He is currently on chronic hemodialysis awaiting transplant from a living donor. …”
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Bioinspired Polyethersulfone Membrane Design via Blending with Functional Polyurethane by Mei Han, Qiang Liu, Baihai Su, Shudong Sun, Changsheng Zhao

“…The results demonstrated the enhanced antifouling and antithrombotic properties of PES hemodialysis membranes by the introduction of functional HLPUs. …”
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Evaluation of the histopathological spectrum of skin biopsies in patients with chronic kidney disease: A single-center experience by Amany A Fathaddin

“…Seventeen patients (38.5%) were receiving hemodialysis. Acquired perforating collagenosis (APC), which was observed in 16 (36.4%) of our patients, was the most prevalent skin pathology, followed by bullous drug reactions in nine (20.5%), leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) in eight (18.2%), calciphylaxis in six (13.6%), and prurigo nodularis in five (11.4%) patients. …”
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Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy: A Case Series and Review from an Inner-City Tertiary University Center in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy by Mohamed Omer, Zeenat Yousuf Bhat, Nanette Fonte, Nashat Imran, James Sondheimer, Yahya Osman‐Malik

“…Twenty-one patients were on hemodialysis, two patients received renal transplants, and one patient was on peritoneal dialysis. …”
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Evaluation of self medication practices and prescription patterns in patients of chronic kidney disease: A cross-sectional, questionnaire based study by Raakhi K Tripathi, Chaitali Pilliwar, Snehalata V. Gajbhiye, Sujeet K. Bhilwade, Tukaram Jamale

“…Results: Three hundred CKD patients (150 on hemodialysis and 150 nondialysis) yielded 300 prescriptions with 1272 drugs. …”
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Good practices for dialysis education, treatment, and eHealth: A scoping review. by Anita van Eck van der Sluijs, Sanne Vonk, Brigit C van Jaarsveld, Anna A Bonenkamp, Alferso C Abrahams

“…The good practices for education endorse the importance of providing complete and objective predialysis education, assisting peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in adequately performing PD, educating hemodialysis (HD) patients on self-management, and talking with dialysis patients about their prognosis. …”
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Prevalence and Severity of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis Infestation and their Association with Common Skin Diseases in Northwest Iran by Milad Afşar, Khosrow Hazrati Tappeh, Yunus Emre Beyhan

“…Mite infestation was found in 6 (37.5%) of 16 patients who had hemodialysis due to renal insufficiency. Furthermore, 46.7% of positive patients reported using common goods. …”
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Diabetic Muscle Infarction Masquerading as Necrotizing Fasciitis by Kalyana C. Janga, Ankur Sinha, Perry Wengrofsky, Phone Oo, Sheldon Greenberg, Regina Tarkovsky, Kavita Sharma

“…A 43-year-old male patient with past medical history of diabetes mellitus (DM), end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis (HD), congestive heart failure (CHF), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and chronic anemia presented with complaints of left thigh pain. …”
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