ALLMedicine™ Renal Failure Center

Jun 26th, 2022 - Neonatal acute liver failure (ALF) carries a high mortality rate, however, little data exist on its peri-transplant hospital course. This project aimed to identify factors associated with outcomes in neonates with ALF using large multi-center data...

Jun 26th, 2022 - Dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) is a rare subtype of liposarcoma with a poor prognosis. This current case report describes a rectal DDLPS in a 68-year-old Chinese male that presented with lower abdominal pain and weight loss. Computed tomogra...

Jun 25th, 2022 - Patients with CKD have a 4-fivefold higher rate of fractures. The incidence of fractures increases with deterioration of kidney function. The process of skeletal changes in CKD patients is characterized by compromised bone strength because of dete...

Jun 25th, 2022 - In this article, we discuss a problem in the most recent American Heart Association guideline on secondary stroke prevention that apparently arose from the rules of evidence imposed on the guideline panel. We are told by the cochair of the panel t...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Background: Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is a precursor condition to MM defined by the clinical parameters of M-protein >=3.0 g/dL or bone marrow plasma cells >=10%, and absence of end organ disease. Patients with high-risk SMM have a risk of...

May 8th, 2021 - Renal failure can be divided into acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Both are common and result in increased patient morbidity and mortality. The etiology is multifactorial and differentiation of acute kidney injury from chronic kidne...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of the DTA is a physiologically impactful operation with relatively high rates of mortality, para...

May 7th, 2020 - Acute obstructive uropathy is a medical emergency, which often is accompanied by acute renal failure or sepsis. Treatment options to resolve the acute obstructive process include conservative medical management, retrograde ureteral stenting, or pl...

Aug 29th, 2018 - Diabetic nephropathy remains the principal cause of end-stage renal failure in the UK and its prevalence is set to increase. People with diabetes and end-stage renal failure on maintenance haemodialysis are highly vulnerable, with complex comorbid...

Sep 25th, 2017 - Maternal hemorrhage, defined as a cumulative blood loss of greater than or equal to 1,000 mL or blood loss accompanied by signs or symptoms of hypovolemia within 24 hours after the birth process, remains the leading cause of maternal mortality wor...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Background: Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is a precursor condition to MM defined by the clinical parameters of M-protein >=3.0 g/dL or bone marrow plasma cells >=10%, and absence of end organ disease. Patients with high-risk SMM have a risk of...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The mortality of acute renal failure (ARF) remains high despite advances in supportive care. There are no established effective drug therapies, and dialysis may promote renal injury via hypotension or neutrophil activation. Many agents [e.g., mann...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), one of the most common inborn errors of organic acid metabolism, is heterogeneous in etiology and clinical manifestations. Affected patients with cblA, cblB and mut classes of MMA are medically fragile and can suffer ...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Membranous Nephropathy (MN) is a rare autoimmune renal disease and the first cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. In one third of cases, it progresses to end-stage renal failure. Rituximab has shown very good efficacy (60-80%) and excellent safe...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - There are currently 1.5 million heart failure patients in France. The high morbidity and mortality make it a major public health issue. Renal failure, present in 40% of these patients, is one of the main comorbidities of heart failure and makes it...

Jun 2nd, 2022 - COPENHAGEN — Pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at significantly higher risk of requiring transfusion, developing a cerebrovascular disorder, or developing acute renal failure than pregnant women without SLE, a review of da...

May 10th, 2022 - The Diagnosis: Calciphylaxis Histopathology revealed epidermal and dermal necrosis, a perivascular neutrophilic infiltrate, and scattered microcalcifications within small- and medium-sized subcutaneous vessels, consistent with a diagnosis of calci.

Apr 20th, 2022 - Alessandra Larocca, MD, PhD, hematologist, Division of Hematology, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy, discusses recent advancements in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. ...

Mar 9th, 2022 - Giving patients and their providers genetic test results for kidney failure risk promotes positive behavioral change that could decrease an individual's likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal failure (ESRF), a ne...

Mar 1st, 2022 - The late-stage clinical company Sesen Bio recently participated in a Late-Cycle Meeting with the FDA to discuss the biologics license application (BLA) for Vicineum as a potential option for patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)–unresponsiv...