Outcomes of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Melanie Chan, Marlies Ostermann

“…ICU mortality rates in patients requiring chronic hemodialysis are significantly higher than for patients without ESRD; however, dialysis patients have a better ICU outcome than those with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy suggesting that factors other than loss of renal function contribute to their prognosis. …”
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Portal Vein Thrombosis in a 21-Year-Old Man with Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and Nephrotic Syndrome by Ilya Seleznev, Dinara Jumadilova, Assiya Naushabayeva, Kairat Kabulbayev, Gulaiym Karashasheva, Francesca Cainelli

“…Proteinuria and microscopic haematuria in a patient with signs of portal hypertension and no pre-existing liver disease should raise the suspicion of an underlying kidney disease.…”
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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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Arterial vascularization of the renal divisions of the domestic fowl by Ş. Hakan Atalgın, E. Ümran Bozkurt, İbrahim Kürtül, Nejdet Dursun

“…The aim of this study was to reveal the vascularization of the divisions of the kidneys. In the study, 20 Ross 308 broiler fowls(Gallus domesticus) averaging 1980+20 gr and obtained from a local breeding station in Ankara were used. …”
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Role of Shear Stress on Renal Proximal Tubular Cells for Nephrotoxicity Assays by Holly H. Birdsall, Timothy G. Hammond

“…The greatest burden of drug-induced acute kidney injury falls on the proximal tubular cells. …”
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Contralateral Ovarian Metastasis of Clear-Cell Renal Carcinoma: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature by Fatih Uruc, Serkan Akan, Aytaç Sahin, Caglar Yildirim, Ahmet Urkmez

“…Only 25 cases of ovarian tumor, which metastasized into kidneys, have been presented. In the literature, a kidney-ovary axis has been defined, and its interrelationship begins with embryological life. …”
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Pulmonary Sequestration with Renal Aplasia and Elevated SUV Level in PET/CT by Serdar Şen, Nilgün Kanlıoğlu Kuman, Ekrem Şentürk, Engin Pabuşcu, Ertan Yaman

“…Ultrasonography revealed aplasia of the left kidney and tomography showed 6×4.5 cm sized tumor in the left hemithorax at the posterobasal area. …”
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Rifampicin for Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus Caused by Drug-Induced Acute Liver Injury as Assessed by the RUCAM Classification by Ali R. Ahmadi, Maria Chicco, Marcel van den Berge

“…Pruritus resolved after starting rifampicin, and liver and kidney function improved rapidly and normalized within 5 months.…”
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Statistical identification of cell type-specific spatially variable genes in spatial transcriptomics by Lulu Shang, Peijun Wu, Xiang Zhou

“…Applied to five real datasets, Celina uncovers ct-SVGs associated with tumor progression and patient survival in lung cancer, identifies metagenes with unique spatial patterns linked to cell proliferation and immune response in kidney cancer, and detects genes preferentially expressed near amyloid-β plaques in an Alzheimer’s model.…”
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Aortic Disease in the Young: Genetic Aneurysm Syndromes, Connective Tissue Disorders, and Familial Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections by Marcelo Cury, Fernanda Zeidan, Armando C. Lobato

“…There are many genetic syndromes associated with the aortic aneurysmal disease which include Marfan syndrome (MFS), Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD), bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAV), and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). In the absence of familial history and other clinical findings, the proportion of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms and dissections resulting from a genetic predisposition is still unknown. …”
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Airway Compromise due to Retropharyngeal Emphysema–A Rare Complication of an Extravasated Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter by Ana Licina

“…She had developed voice changes, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath with a fever and increased respiratory rate in intensive care unit 12 days after a double liver and kidney transplantation. Computerised tomography of neck and chest demonstrated extensive retropharyngeal and subcutaneous emphysema, laryngeal distortion and pneumo-mediastinum; however, the causative factors were not immediately obvious. …”
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RENAL CYST IN DOGS – AN IMAGING APPROACH by Sorin Marian Mârza, Robert Cristian Purdoiu, Radu Lăcătuș, Felix Daniel Lucaci

“…A comprehensive abdominal ultrasound was done, which revealed significant anechoic fluid-filled distension at the level of the right kidney. Radiographs demonstrated soft tissue opacity in the mid-abdominal region, and computed tomography (CT) imaging confirmed a distension of the right renal pelvis with clear demarcation from renal parenchyma. …”
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The studies on virus isolation from feces in calves by Sibel Yavru, Atilla Şimşek

“…As a result of inoculation of 100 feces samples onto foetal calf kidney cell cultures, 2 viruses were isolated. The isolated viruses were identified as BAV-1 by cross microneutralization test with rabbit hyperimmun sera. …”
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Characteristics, pathogenic and therapeutic role of gut microbiota in immunoglobulin A nephropathy by Kaijin Yao, Lingqian Zheng, Wenmin Chen, Yina Xie, Chunling Liao, Tianbiao Zhou

“…Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most prevalent glomerulonephritis in the world, and it is one of the leading causes of end-stage kidney disease. It is now believed that the pathogenesis of IgAN is the mesangial deposition of immune complex containing galactose-deficient IgA1, resulting in glomerular injury. …”
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The Mechanosensory Role of Primary Cilia in Vascular Hypertension by Surya M. Nauli, Xingjian Jin, Beerend P. Hierck

“…In particular, hypertension is insidious and remains a continuous problem that evolves during the course of polycystic kidney disease (PKD). The basic and clinical perspectives on primary cilia are discussed with regard to the pathogenesis of hypertension in PKD.…”
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Pregnancy Outcome of Renal Transplant Recipients: Analysis of Nine Patients by Mert Turğal, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Kemal Beksaç, Özgür Özyüncü, Sinan Beksaç

“…In this study, we aimed to analyze the outcome of pregnancy in kidney transplant recipients and the consequences on renal function. …”
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Metastatic Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinoma with Osteoblastic Activity: A Case Report of Esophageal and Colonic Primaries by Brett Matthew Lowenthal, Ahmed S. Shabaik, Mark A. Valasek

“…Less common primary sites include thyroid, kidney, and stomach. We present two cases of primary gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma with metastatic osteoblastic activity from two previously unreported sites. …”
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Candida Endocarditis in a Hemodialysis Patient by Kishalay Mahajan, Pratik Tripathi, Gaurav Kumar Khandelwal, Shaurya Mehta, Manna Bhattacharjee

“…Case Presentation: A patient with chronic kidney disease was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after experiencing fever with shortness of breath for last 15days and swelling of whole body for 1 week. …”
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TINU: A Multisystemic Inflammatory Disorder—Case Report and Literature Review by Juan Montejo-Hernández, Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Jose Cabrales, Shuchi Anand, María Cristina Martínez-Ávila, Claudia Duran-Merino, Luis Arias-Restrepo, Camilo Andrés Gómez Duran

“…Most patients recover kidney function. Its early recognition is important to offer the best chance of organ preservation.…”
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Metastatic Ureteral Involvement of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Koichi Kodama, Tetsuya Imao, Kazuto Komatsu

“…We report a rare case of a 76-year-old man who presented with a three-month history of right flank dullness and was noted to have a nonhomogeneous retroperitoneal mass with hydronephrosis of the right kidney on computed tomography of the abdomen. Computed tomography of the thorax showed a nodule in the lower lobe, measuring 3×2 cm, in the right lung. …”
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