Post‐COVID Hypertension With Hyperreninemic Hyperaldosteronism in a Pediatric Patient by Vivian Shi, Teresa Trinka, Mohammed Faizan

“…This case report underscores the importance of thorough follow‐up care for children recovering from COVID‐19, with a focus on monitoring blood pressure and renal function to mitigate long‐term renovascular disease.…”
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Ferroptosis in Macrophage Impairment in Sepsis by Hongxuan Liu, Lei Li

“…Up to now, ferroptosis has been proved to be involved in the pathophysiological mechanism of many diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and renal degeneration. At present, relevant studies have reported that ferroptosis may be involved in the occurrence of sepsis This paper reviews the existing mechanisms of iron ptosis in macrophages in sepsis, with a view to providing si’l for future studies on sepsis.…”
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A Case of Wegener’s Granulomatosis Presenting with Unilateral Facial Nerve Palsy by Roy Ujjawal, Pan Koushik, Panwar Ajay, Chakrabarti Subrata

“…The disease is characterized by the classical triad involving acute inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tracts with renal involvement. However, the disease pathology can affect any organ system. …”
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Photopheresis Provides Significant Long-Lasting Benefit in Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis by Ranran Zhang, William Nicholas Rose

“…Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), previously known as nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy, is a rare complication of exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents in patients who have significantly decreased renal function. Manifestations include fibrosis of the skin and other tissues. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy in a Patient with Severe Leptospirosis Complicated with Pulmonary Haemorrhage, Myocarditis, and Acute Kidney Injury by W. D. D. Priyankara, E. M. Manoj

“…Severe leptospirosis (Weil’s disease) can give rise to multiorgan failure such as acute renal failure, liver dysfunction, coagulopathy, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary haemorrhage, and myocarditis. …”
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Pneumococcal Sepsis by Jeffrey R Schriber, John J Freedman, Joseph M Brandwein

“…The patient presented with recurrent seizures, oliguric renal failure, fever, thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia; coagulation studies were normal. …”
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Cardiovascular Inflammation by Miao Wang, Weijun Jin, Austin Meng Guo, Jane Stubbe

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Hyperkalemia Induced by the Sequential Administration of Metoprolol and Carvedilol by S. Serge Barold, Scott Upton

“…This report describes the occurrence of asymptomatic hyperkalemia induced by the sequential administration of metoprolol and carvedilol in an 81-year-old man with type II diabetes and stable stage III renal insufficiency. The potassium level rose to 5.6–5.7 mEq/L with metoprolol and normalized when the agent was discontinued. …”
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Rare Case of Cavernous Haemangioma of the Right Atrium with Probable Hepatic Haemangioma by Sally Harrison

“…This case report is of a 44-year-old male who presented with a right atrial mass that was found incidentally on a CT performed for renal colic. The mass was further investigated with a transthoracic echocardiogram that showed that it was echodense and arising from the Eustachian valve in the right atrium. …”
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Bile Nephropathy in Flucloxacillin-Induced Cholestatic Liver Dysfunction by Basil Alnasrallah, John F. Collins, L. Jonathan Zwi

“…Kidney injury in the context of cholestatic liver dysfunction is not uncommon; this has been historically referred to as cholemic nephrosis implying a direct deleterious renal effect of cholemia. However, scepticism about the exact role that bile and its constituents play in this injury has led to the disappearance of the term. …”
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Danger of co-administration ferric carboxymaltose and denosumab: hypophosphatemia by Aysun Seker, Nurdan Senturk Durmus

“…We present the case of a 62-year-old female patient who developed severe, symptomatic hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia despite having normal renal function. These abnormalities occurred concomitantly during treatment with denosumab for osteoporosis and ferric carboxymaltose for iron deficiency anemia.…”
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Calciphylaxis Mimicking Penile Gangrene: A Case Report by Tanweer Ahmed Naweed Bhatty, Kamran Riaz

“…Calciphylaxis is a rare, but life-threatening, disease, mostly seen in patients with renal failure, especially those undergoing dialysis. …”
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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas by Abebaw Fekadu, Jonathan I. Bisson

“…We here report on a case of NMS complicated by renal failure, and possibly respiratory failure. …”
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Diagnóstico clínico y citopatológico del virus del herpes simple bucal en pacientes con trasplante de riñón by Gladys Aída Estrada Pereira, Deysi Rita Martínez Chaswell, Margarita de la Caridad Pullés Fernández, Arsenio Sarmiento Casamayor

“…<strong>Fundamento:</strong> el uso de fármacos potencialmente inmunosupresores ha permitido una mejoría en la sobrevida y calidad de vida de los enfermos con trasplante renal, pero favorecen el deterioro del sistema inmunitario del organismo y la aparición de diversas infecciones víricas oportunistas, entre ellas el herpes simple, que es contagiosa e incurable y responsable del inicio de múltiples lesiones que afectan la piel y las mucosas.…”
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Protection of the Peritoneal Membrane by Peritoneal Dialysis Effluent-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in a Rat Model of Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis by Lan Zhou, Ming Zong, Qiunong Guan, Gerald da Roza, Hao Wang, Hualin Qi, Caigan Du

“…Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement option for patients with end-stage renal disease. …”
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Skin autofluorescence as part of the comprehensive assessment of clinical and metabolic status of patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease by Darya Yu. Konovalova, Peter A. Lebedev, Olga V. Ushakova, Elena E. Potyakina, Dmitriy V. Kornilin, Vladimir N. Grishanov, Marina V. Komarova

“…These high-cost technologies of renal replacement therapy have significantly improved over recent decades, but the quality of life remains low and mortality is still high, especially in patients receiving PHD. …”
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Systematic review of the application of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation and Oxford classification in estimating prognosis in IgA Nephropathy by M. P. Toal, R. Fergie, M. P. Quinn, C. J. Hill, C. O’Neill, A. P. Maxwell

“…The Oxford classification (OC) is an internationally adopted standard for renal biopsy reporting in IgAN, which measures the degree of histological abnormalities and predicts prognosis. …”
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Nephroprotective Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Therapy of Kidney Disease Induced by Toxicants by Shujun Lin, Wenshan Lin, Chunling Liao, Tianbiao Zhou

“…Background. Renal damage caused by drug toxicity is becoming increasingly common in the clinic. …”
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Circulating (CD3−CD19+CD20−IgD−CD27highCD38high) Plasmablasts: A Promising Cellular Biomarker for Immune Activity for Anti-PLA2R1 Related Membranous Nephropathy? by Agnieszka Pozdzik, Ingrid Beukinga, Chunyan Gu-Trantien, Karen Willard-Gallo, Joëlle Nortier, Olivier Pradier

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A Comparison of Urine Dilution Ability between Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Other Chronic Kidney Diseases, and Healthy Control Subjects: A Case-Control Study by M. H. Malmberg, F. H. Mose, E. B. Pedersen, J. N. Bech

“…It is unclear whether urine dilution ability in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients (ADPKD patients) differs from other patients with similar degree of impaired renal function (non-ADPKD patients). The purpose of this case control study was to measure urine dilution ability in ADPKD patients compared to non-ADPKD patients and healthy controls. …”
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