Secondary Amyloidosis Presenting as Ischemic Proctitis by Saad Hashmi, Assad Munis, Ryan T. Hoff, Hymie Kavin, Eli D. Ehrenpreis

“…Rectal and renal biopsies with subsequent retrospective staining of gallbladder tissue confirmed amyloid deposition. …”
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Outcomes of Extravesical Versus Intravesical Ureteral Reimplantation by Leah P. McMann, Byron D. Joyner

“…Each patient had documented follow-up consisting of a postoperative renal ultrasound and/or a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG). …”
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A Unique Case of Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis by Benjamin Gershkovich, Christopher McCudden, Kevin D. Burns

“…An 82-year-old man with no prior renal history was brought to hospital after being found by his family in a confused state. …”
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Redox Signaling in Diabetic Nephropathy: Hypertrophy versus Death Choices in Mesangial Cells and Podocytes by Gina Manda, Alexandru-Ionel Checherita, Maria Victoria Comanescu, Mihail Eugen Hinescu

“…Finally, the antioxidant response of renal cells in diabetic nephropathy is tackled, with emphasis on targeted therapy. …”
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In Peritoneal Dialysis, Is There Sufficient Evidence to Make “PD First” Therapy? by Pranav Dalal, Harbaksh Sangha, Kunal Chaudhary

“…In Hong Kong, approximately 80% end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients perform PD; in others, that is, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 20%–30% patients use PD. …”
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Complement-Mediated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Due to MCP/CD46 Mutation: A Case Report by Abdul Muhsen Abdeen MD, Jowan Al-Nusair MD, Malik Samardali MD, Mohamed Alshal MD, Amro Al-Astal MD, Zeid Khitan MD

“…The patient exhibited severe renal and cardiovascular complications, including acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis, uremic pericarditis, and persistent anemia. …”
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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Localized in the Greater Omentum by Ryuji Komine, Takashi Kobayashi, Hiro Uehara, Keisuke Minamimura, Kazuhiko Mori, Toru Hirata, Atsushi Shimizu, Masaya Mori

“…Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is known as anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody- (ANCA-) associated small vessel vasculitis and typically manifests as pulmonary-renal syndrome, but the disease is not limited to pulmonary or renal systems. …”
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Unraveling the uncommon: Pneumoperitoneum induced by emphysematous pyelonephritis by Oumaima Mesbah, MD, Badr Kabila, MD, Basma Beqqali, MD, Omar El Aoufir, PhD, Laila Jroundi, PhD

“…Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma by gas-forming organisms, with a risk of the gas extending into peri-nephric or para-renal spaces and in advanced cases, the involvement may be extensive and bilateral. …”
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Anticoagulant Related Nephropathy Induced by Dabigatran by Nazia Sharfuddin, Mahra Nourbakhsh, Alan Box, Hallgrimur Benediktsson, Daniel A. Muruve

“…Renal biopsy showed acute tubular injury, tubular red blood cell casts, and an absence of active glomerulonephritis, similar to the pathological findings of warfarin related nephropathy. …”
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Fingertips Ischemia, Nephroangiosclerosis, and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Is Genetic Thrombophilia the Unique Explanation? by Lisa Giovannini, Carlo Donadio

“…After five years from biopsy, 24-hours proteinuria was still around 1–1.3 g/die; renal function was still normal (eGFR 107 ml/min/1.73 m2). …”
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A Pelvic Abscess and a Pelvic Stone Secondary to a Ureteral Calculus by Bo-Ran An, Ze-Peng Ma, Chao Gao

“…This case once again proves that a ureteral calculus should be treated in time; otherwise, it can lead to serious complications such as a pelvic abscess and renal atrophy. A pelvic stone can be caused by a ureteral calculus migration. …”
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Phosphorus and Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease by Emilio González-Parra, Carolina Gracia-Iguacel, Jesús Egido, Alberto Ortiz

“…Patients with renal impairment progressively lose the ability to excrete phosphorus. …”
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Urinary Fractional Clearance of Sodium in 8 Healthy Beagle Dogs Fed Normal, Low, or Ultralow Sodium Diets by R. G. Lobetti

“…This study showed that in a group of healthy beagle dogs without obvious renal disease, the FCNa could exceed 1 and that there was both an individual and daily variation in the FCNa. …”
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Reply: the ups and downs of passive leg raising by Rogério da Hora Passos, Fernanda Oliveira Coelho, Bruno Zawadzki

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VEGFR3 mitigates hypertensive nephropathy by enhancing mitophagy via regulating crotonylation of HSPA1L by Qiuwen Wu, Jiaxin Fu, Bin Zhu, Wei Meng, Jingyi Ma, Ying Lv, Wenqi Zhao, Fan Wang, Jingjin Liu, Yongshun Wang, Cong Peng, Shuo Zhang

“…Abstract Oxidative stress-associated proximal tubular cells (PTCs) damage is an important pathogenesis of hypertensive renal injury. We previously reported the protective effect of VEGFR3 in salt-sensitive hypertension. …”
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Relationships between multiple patient safety outcomes and healthcare and hospital-related risk factors in colorectal resection cases: cross-sectional evidence from a nationwide sa... by Ralf Kuhlen, Jochen Schmitt, Felix Walther, Martin Roessler, Peter Scriba, Maria Eberlein-Gonska, Olaf Schoffer

“…In rectum resections hospital volume was protectively associated with death, renal failure and postoperative respiratory failure (ORs ranged from 0.7 to 0.8).Conclusions Transfer from other hospital and emergency admission are constantly associated with poor patient safety outcome. …”
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Ellagic acid ameliorates cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury by regulating inflammation and SIRT6/TNF-α signaling by Yuqi Gao, Kezheng Peng, Yida Wang, Yannan Guo, Chenye Zeng, Rui Hua, Qingfei Liu, Xue Li, Ying Qiu, Zhao Wang

“…Pre-treatment of ellagic acid attenuated cytotoxicity of cisplatin in primary renal cells and TCMK-1 cells. Moreover, ellagic acid ameliorated renal dysfunction, apoptosis and fibrosis induced by cisplatin in mice. …”
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Dietary Choline Deprivation Exacerbates Kidney Injury in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes in Adult Rats by Ahmed W. Al-Humadi, Carel W. le Roux, Neil G. Docherty, Werd Al-Najim, Martin Tze Wah Kueh, Andreas C. Lazaris, Charis Liapi

“…Kidney histopathology revealed that renal tubular necrosis, mesangial matrix expansion, and renal fibrosis substantially increased in the DM + CD group compared to all other groups, and KIM-1 and VEGF-A expressions were most pronounced in the DM + CD and DM groups, respectively. …”
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Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based Incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Acute Kidney Disease in AKI Survivors by Claire Rimes-Stigare, Bo Ravn, Akil Awad, Klara Torlén, Claes-Roland Martling, Matteo Bottai, Johan Mårtensson, Max Bell

“…Background. Renal dysfunction after acute kidney injury (AKI) is common, potentially modifiable, but poorly understood. …”
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Diffuse Skin Thickening as Kaposi Sarcoma Clinical Presentation by Sara Querido, Henrique Silva Sousa, Tiago Assis Pereira, Rita Birne, Patrícia Matias, Cristina Jorge, André Weigert, Teresa Adragão, Margarida Bruges, Domingos Machado

“…Toxicity of calcineurin inhibitor was assumed and, after a switch for everolimus, renal function improved. However, since March 2014, renal function progressively deteriorated. …”
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