The Living-Related Kidney Transplant Program in Brunei Darussalam: Lessons Learnt from a Nascent National Program in a Small, Muslim, and Asian Country by Jackson Tan, Muhammad Abdul Mabood Khalil, Dalinatul Ahmed, Jayakrishnan Pisharam, Chiao Yuen Lim, Hock Beng Chua, William Chong, Kim Khee Tan

“…Brunei Darussalam commenced its living-related renal transplant program in 2013, with subsequent attainment of independent local capacity and proficiency in 2019. …”
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Relationship between Blood Lipid Profiles and Risk of Lupus Nephritis in Children by Jiajia Liu, Wenqi Song, Dawei Cui

“…A total of 134 children with newly diagnosed SLE were divided into LN and non-LN groups according to pathological renal biopsy results. Clinical manifestations and blood lipid profiles were analyzed and compared between the two groups, and the relationships between blood lipid profiles and risk of LN were evaluated. …”
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Mean Platelet Volume in Ocular Behçet’s Disease by Fatih Mehmet Türkcü, Abdullah Kürşat Cingü, Harun Yüksel, Yasin Çınar, Meltem Akkurt, Muhammed Şahin, Zeynep Özkurt, Alparslan Şahin, İhsan Çaça

“…These patients had no past history of smoking, drug use, or systemic diseases including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease. A control group consisting of 34 healthy individuals was included for comparison. …”
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Estimation of Health State Utility Values in Fabry Disease Using Vignette Development and Valuation by Derralynn Hughes, Andrew Lenny, Koonal Shah, Louise Longworth, Giovanna Devercelli, Olulade Ayodele

“…The interviewees' responses, evidence from published literature, and input from a clinical expert informed the development of 6 health state vignettes (pain, moderate clinically evident FD \[CEFD\], severe CEFD, end-stage renal disease \[ESRD\], stroke, and cardiovascular disease \[CVD\]) and 3 combined health states (severe CEFD + ESRD, severe CEFD + CVD, and severe CEFD + stroke). …”
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Lifetime risks of kidney donation: a medical decision analysis by Bryce A Kiberd, Karthik K Tennankore

“…Objective This study estimated the potential loss of life and the lifetime cumulative risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from live kidney donation.Design Markov medical decision analysis.Setting USA.Participants 40-year-old live kidney donors of both sexes and black/white race.Intervention Live donor nephrectomy.Main outcome and measures Potential remaining life years lost, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost and added lifetime cumulative risk of ESRD from donation.Results Overall 0.532–0.884 remaining life years were lost from donating a kidney. …”
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Cannabis sativa subsp. sativa's pharmacological properties and health effects: A scoping review of current evidence. by Xin Yi Lim, Terence Yew Chin Tan, Siti Hajar Muhd Rosli, Muhammad Nor Farhan Sa'at, Syazwani Sirdar Ali, Ami Fazlin Syed Mohamed

“…Pre-clinically, hemp derivatives showed potential anti-oxidative, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-neuroinflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-acne, and anti-microbial activities. Renal protective effects and estrogenic properties were also exhibited in vitro.…”
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Therapeutic Effects of Tangshen Formula on Diabetic Nephropathy in db/db Mice Using Cytokine Antibody Array by Xue Mei Fan, Chun Lian Huang, Yi Ming Wang, Ning Li, Qiong Lin Liang, Guo An Luo

“…The present study reveals that TSF could ameliorate the metabolic anomalies and renal injury in db/db mice. One of the important mechanisms for treatment of DN using the treatment of TSF is the control of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway via regulation of IL-2, IL-6, IL-13, Il-15, and IFN-γ expression.…”
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Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia and the Kidney: Lessons from the URRAH Study by Cecilia Barnini, Elisa Russo, Giovanna Leoncini, Maria Carla Ghinatti, Lucia Macciò, Michela Piaggio, Francesca Viazzi, Roberto Pontremoli

“…The interplay between hyperuricemia and CKD is complex; while in vitro studies and animal models support a role for uric acid mediating glomerular and tubule-interstitial damage, and HSUA has been shown to predict the onset and progression of CKD, the expectations of renal protection by the use of urate lowering treatment (ULT) are inconsistent. …”
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Risk factors and preventive measures for abnormal blood pressure during hemodialysis filtration for patients with sepsis by Zhang Chunfang, Lin Tingting, Xia Yu, Zhang Daowei

“…Hemodialysis filtration (HDF) plays an extremely important role in treating patients with sepsis and subsequent acute renal failure. However, abnormal blood pressure (ABP) during HDF badly influences the prognosis and increases all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis. …”
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Results of a Randomized, Open-Label, Clinical Trial Investigating the Effects of Supplementation with Heracleum persicum Extract as an Adjunctive Therapy for Dyslipidemia by Yunes Panahi, Bahram Pishgoo, Fatemeh Beiraghdar, Zahra Mohammadi Araghi, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Ehsan Abolhasani

“…Weight, body mass index (BMI), lipid profile, and biomarkers of hepatic and renal injury were determined at baseline and at the end of the trial. …”
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Complicaciones en el procedimiento y cuidado post quirúrgico en pacientes sometidos a nefrectomía by Johan Stephany Añazco Torres, Andrés Patricio Vallejo Estrella, Katherine Elizabeth Garcés Jerez, Jessica Mariana Freire Montesdeoca

“…Los resultados revelaron que las principales complicaciones post-quirúrgicas incluyen eventos hemorrágicos, infecciones, alteraciones de la función renal, desarrollo de fístulas y eventos tromboembólicos. …”
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Factors Leading To Severe Anaemia In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease by Erum Afaq, Humera Afaq, Naila Parveen, Hira Fatima Waseem, Anwar Ali, Shazia Nazar

“…It often stays unrecognized in the earlier stages but over time it may lead to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). CKD is linked to several complications, such as anaemia and infection which can augment the medical complexities. …”
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Intoxication by Cyanide in Pregnant Sows: Prenatal and Postnatal Evaluation by André T. Gotardo, Isis M. Hueza, Helena Manzano, Viviane M. Maruo, Paulo C. Maiorka, Silvana L. Górniak

“…The KCN-treated sows showed histological lesions in the CNS, thyroid follicle enlargement, thyroid epithelial thickening, colloid reabsorption changes, and vacuolar degeneration of the renal tubular epithelium. Sows treated with 4.0 mg/kg KCN showed an increase in the number of dead piglets at birth. …”
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Hemodynamic Effects of Methamphetamine and General Anesthesia by Keyvan M. Safdari, Curtis Converse, Fanglong Dong, Nickolas Alan MacDougall, Kevin Hyer, Alec Runyon, Haley Ahlering, Mark E. Comunale

“…All patients with ASA class I or II, who did not have trauma or were initially admitted to ICU, aged 18–65, without preexisting cardiac, renal, or pulmonary disease. Patients were divided into three groups: those acutely positive for methamphetamine within 48 hours of surgery (n = 137), those positive for methamphetamine between 48 hours and 7 days of surgery (n = 69), and randomly selected controls who were negative for methamphetamine within 7 days of surgery (n = 159). …”
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Patient-Related Determinants of Glycaemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review by Mohammed J. Alramadan, Afsana Afroz, Sultana Monira Hussain, Mohammed Ali Batais, Turky H. Almigbal, Hassan Ahmad Al-Humrani, Ahmed Albaloshi, Lorena Romero, Dianna J. Magliano, Baki Billah

“…Factors associated with poor glycaemic control include longer duration of diabetes, low level of education, poor compliance to diet and medication, poor attitude towards the disease, poor self-management behaviour, anxiety, depression, renal impairment, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia. …”
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Mannitol and the blood-labyrinth barrier by Trung N. Le, Brian W. Blakley

“…Mannitol did not alter renal clearance of gentamicin from the blood (p = 0.433). …”
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The Effect of teach-back educational method on self-management in hemodialysis patients by Rif'atul Fani, Shinta Wahyusari, Apriyani Puji Hastuti, Chairul Huda Al Husna

“…Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test design, for 137 end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis at Wava Husada Hospital. …”
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A Liquid-Based Cytology System, without the Use of Cytocentrifugation, for Detection of Podocytes in Urine Samples of Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy by Moritsugu Kimura, Masao Toyoda, Nobumichi Saito, Noriko Kaneyama, Han Miyatake, Eitaro Tanaka, Hirotaka Komaba, Masanori Hara, Masafumi Fukagawa

“…Desquamated podocytes can be detected in urine of patients with severe renal impairment. Unlike the rapidly progressive glomerular damage in glomerulonephritis, only a few desquamated podocytes are usually detected in diabetic nephropathy (DN). …”
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Laparoendoscopic Rendezvous for Concomitant Cholecystocholedocholithiasis: A Successful Modality Even in the Most Difficult Presentations Including Pregnancy by Bader Hamza Shirah, Zaher Abdulaziz Mikwar, Akram Neyaz Ahmad, Yaser Mohammed Dahlan

“…A third patient had complex comorbid diseases (bronchial asthma, hypertension, congestive heart failure, and end-stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis). A fourth patient had previous laparotomy and sigmoidectomy for diverticular disease and had severe hospital phobia. …”
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Advanced Glycation End-Product-Modified Heat Shock Protein 90 May Be Associated with Urinary Stones by Takanobu Takata, Shinya Inoue, Kenshiro Kunii, Togen Masauji, Junji Moriya, Yoshiharu Motoo, Katsuhito Miyazawa

“…Background: Urinary stones (urolithiasis) have been categorized as kidney stones (renal calculus), ureteric stones (ureteral calculus and ureterolith), bladder stones (bladder calculus), and urethral stones (urethral calculus); however, the mechanisms underlying their promotion and related injuries in glomerular and tubular cells remain unclear. …”
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