Extreme Maternal Metabolic Acidosis Leading to Fetal Distress and Emergency Caesarean Section by Nicolas Cecere, Corinne Hubinont, Arnauld Kabulu Kadingi, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Peter Van den Bergh, Anna Onnela, Philippe Hantson

“…Muscular dystrophy and renal glucosuria were precipitating factors.…”
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Bilateral Pheochromocytomas in a Patient with Y175C Von Hippel-Lindau Mutation by Olga Astapova, Anindita Biswas, Alessandra DiMauro, Jacob Moalem, Stephen R. Hammes

“…Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, caused by germline mutations in the VHL gene, is characterized by metachronously occurring tumors including pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and hemangioblastoma. …”
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Correlation of Body Mass Index and Waist-Hip Ratio with Severity and Complications of Hyperlipidemic Acute Pancreatitis in Chinese Patients by Lixin Yang, Jing Liu, Yun Xing, Lichuan Du, Jing Chen, Xin Liu, Jianyu Hao

“…The body mass index and waist-hip ratio were correlated with the severity of acute pancreatitis (MAP, MSAP, and SAP), respiratory failure, and circulatory failure in HLAP (p<0.05), but not correlated with the local complications (walled-off necrosis, pancreatic abscess, and pancreatic pseudocyst), renal failure, and gastrointestinal bleeding.The body mass index and waist-hip ratio are valuable in predicting severity and complication in HLAP. …”
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Ten hour donor heart ischemic time with 10ºC static storage by William Tucker, MD, Yatrik Patel, MD, Mark Petrovic, MS, Chris Schwartz, RN, Brandon Petree, DO, Steve Devries, DMSc, PA-C, Brian Lima, MD, John Trahanas, MD, Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, Ashish Shah, MD, Swaroop Bommareddi, MD

“…A 57-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and end-stage renal disease was listed for combined heart-kidney transplant. …”
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AMEND 2.0: module identification and multi-omic data integration with multiplex-heterogeneous graphs by Samuel S. Boyd, Chad Slawson, Jeffrey A. Thompson

“…AMEND was applied to two real-world multi-omic datasets: renal cell carcinoma data from The cancer genome atlas and an O-GlcNAc Transferase knockout study. …”
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Evaluation of Early Markers of Nephropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Pierina De Muro, Antonio Junior Lepedda, Gabriele Nieddu, Michela Idini, Hai Quy Tram Nguyen, Omar Lobina, Pietro Fresu, Marilena Formato

“…These data suggest that the assessed molecules could represent useful markers to detect early renal impairment in patients with T2DM.…”
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Recent Advances and Perspectives on the Use of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists for the Treatment of Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Review by Kisho Miyasako, Yujiro Maeoka, Takao Masaki

“…MR antagonists (MRAs) have substantial beneficial effects in patients with cardiac and renal conditions; however, their use has been constrained because of adverse effects, such as hyperkalemia and kidney dysfunction. …”
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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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Attributes of cognitive impairment in patients on maintenance hemodialysis – A cohort study by Geet Gaurav, Deepa Sanjeev Sajjanar, G. V. Naregal, Sanjeev L. Sajjanar

“…BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis have higher cognitive impairment than the normal population due to diminishing renal function. Cognitive impairment can be assessed with the Mini-Mental State Examination or the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). …”
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A New Network-Based Strategy for Predicting the Potential miRNA-mRNA Interactions in Tumorigenesis by Jiwei Xue, Fanfan Xie, Junmei Xu, Yuan Liu, Yu Liang, Zhining Wen, Menglong Li

“…The strategy was validated by using the data sets of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA), and kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC). The results showed that in the top 20 miRNAs ranked by their degrees, 90.0% (18/20), 70.0% (14/20), and 70.0% (14/20) miRNAs were found to be associated with the cancers for AML, BRCA, and KIRC, respectively. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Testicular Cancer with Tumor Thrombus Extending to the Inferior Vena Cava by Marie Dusaud, Younes Bayoud, François-Régis Desfemmes, Benoît Molimard, Xavier Durand

“…The thrombus extended from the left gonadal vein to the left renal vein to the IVC. The fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (f-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) computerized tomography (CT) demonstrated a hypermetabolic focus in the retroperitoneum and in the IVC thrombus. …”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

“…Results: The prevalence of knee pain was 25.6% (95% confidence interval: 22.3–29.3%), and it was associated with being >60 years old, black ethnicity, mean or low income, overweight, depression, gastrointestinal and renal diseases, and persons who performed occupations requiring repetitive movements, sitting while using a computer, and standing. …”
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A Review on JC Virus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients by Serena Delbue, Mariano Ferraresso, Luciana Ghio, Camilla Carloni, Silvia Carluccio, Mirco Belingheri, Alberto Edefonti, Pasquale Ferrante

“…Although the reactivation of another human PyV, BK virus (BKV), is relatively common and its association with the polyomavirus associated nephropathy (PyVAN) following renal transplantation is proven, JCV replication and its impact on graft function and survival are less well studied. …”
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Trends in Stroke Prevention between 2014 and 2018 in Hospitalized Atrial Fibrillation Patients by B. Bielecka, I. Gorczyca, O. Jelonek, B. Wożakowska-Kapłon

“…Age, past thromboembolic complications, nonpermanent AF, and preserved renal function determined the choice of NOACs.…”
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Genetic Deletion of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Attenuates Inflammation and Fibrosis in Experimental Obstructive Nephropathy by Chin-Wei Chiang, Hsueh-Te Lee, Der-Cherng Tarng, Ko-Lin Kuo, Li-Ching Cheng, Tzong-Shyuan Lee

“…Additionally, UUO-induced hydronephrosis, renal tubular injury, inflammation, and fibrosis were ameliorated in sEH−/− mice with the exception of glomerulosclerosis. …”
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Infusion therapy for chronic liver diseases by I. A. Kurkina, M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. N. Zozulya, V. I. Leschenko

“…Application of basic group infusion solutions along with complex anti-hypoxia agents helps to correct water and electrolyte imbalance as well as disorders of acid-base state, carry out body detoxication, normalize blood pressure, treat edema and ascites syndrome, protein-energy malnutrition, prevent renal value and other complications in liver cirrhosis patients. …”
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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Complicated by Atypical Coarctation of the Thoracic Aorta by Masato Kimura, Shuhei Kakizaki, Kengo Kawano, Shinichi Sato, Shigeo Kure

“…The incidence of hypertension in patients with NF1 is around 1% and is associated mainly with renal artery stenosis in children. Only a few cases of thoracic aortic coarctation in association with hypertension and neurofibromatosis have been reported. …”
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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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Sleep Parameters in Short Daily versus Conventional Dialysis: An Actigraphic Study by Ludimila D’Avila e Silva Allemand, Otávio Toledo Nóbrega, Juliane Pena Lauar, Joel Paulo Russomano Veiga, Einstein Francisco Camargos

“…Different from previous studies employing qualitative analysis, the present assessment did not observe an influence of hemodialysis modality on objective sleep parameters in chronic renal patients.…”
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Evaluation of Fetuses Diagnosed with Megacystis During Prenatal Period by Kemal Sarsmaz, Busra Kanyildiz, Gokcen Orgul, Gokhan Karakoc, Hasan Eroglu, Dilek Sahin, Aykan Yucel

“… Objectives: Fetal megacystis is very rare; however this problem may be associated with other structural or chromosomal abnormalities leading to morbidity and mortality. Due to renal injury and pulmonary hypoplasia, prognosis is poor especially in fetuses with early onset oligohydramnios. …”
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