ALLMedicine™ Renal Failure Center

Mar 28th, 2023 - In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and autho...

Mar 27th, 2023 - Acute kidney injury (AKI) due to rhabdomyolysis occurs because of renal ischemia or acute tubular necrosis due to the deposition of myoglobin casts in the renal tubules. Donors with AKI due to rhabdomyolysis are not contraindication for transplant...

Mar 26th, 2023 - At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was uncertain and the outcomes of ECMO-treated patients were unfavorable. During the pandemic, medical community realized that carefully selected pat...

Mar 26th, 2023 - Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (ISCLS) is a rare disease characterized by recurrent episodes of acute life-threatening attacks of shock, hemoconcentration, and hypoalbuminemia. Increase in capillary permeability results in reversible ...

Mar 26th, 2023 - Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the main cause of end-stage renal failure. Multiecho Dixon-based imaging utilizes chemical shift for water-fat separation that may be valuable in detecting changes both fat and oxygen content of the kidney from a singl...

Sep 9th, 2022 - The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Clinical Practice Update is to review the available published evidence and expert advice regarding the clinical management of patients with suspected acute kidney injury ...

Nov 28th, 2021 - The treatment of rhabdomyolysis remains controversial. Although there is no question that any associated compartment syndrome needs to be identified and released, debate persists regarding the benefit of further therapy including aggressive intrav...

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...

Mar 17th, 2023 - RENAL AID is designed as an inclusive data and tissue repository that is capable of linking demographic, clinical, laboratory, histology, genetic and radiographic data into one interconnected electronic data collection instrument. It is hypothesiz...

Mar 15th, 2023 - This study would be the first to demonstrate feasibility, accuracy, reliability, and patient satisfaction with self measurement of PVR using the Butterfly portable ultrasound device. In the current study protocol, participants will undergo routine...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Bupivacaine is a widely used local anesthetic and is often administered by spinal injection prior to major surgical procedures. Ketorolac is a potent NSAID which is used for the short-term relief of moderate to severe pain. It's used for long term...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by development and continued growth of numerous fluid-filled renal cysts that ultimately result in renal failure. Similar to the general population, the prevalence of overweight...

Mar 8th, 2023 - Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention deserve careful consideration of various clinical options to minimize the risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury and to optimize clinical outcomes. Contrast-i...

Dec 20th, 2022 - An immunomodulatory-free carfilzomib (Kyprolis)-based triplet regimen failed to prove non-inferior to autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) for the upfront treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, a randomized trial from ...

Nov 1st, 2022 - When assessing monoclonal gammopathy it is important to rule out clinically significant associations requiring treatment. On initial patient consultation, gathering a detailed patient history and thorough physical exam can catch clinically signifi...

Oct 28th, 2022 - The FDA has granted accelerated approval to teclistamab-cqyv (Tecvayli) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least 4 previous lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor (PI), an immunomodulat...

Oct 12th, 2022 - Background Treatment outcome comparisons in randomized controls trials (RCTs) vs observational studies can yield different results. Distortions in observational studies may occur because of differences in factors other than those being studied (...

Oct 11th, 2022 - Transcript: Ajai Chari, MD: We’ll move to the other exciting T-cell redirection modality. I know Dr Patel is champing at the bit. We’re going to talk about CAR [chimeric antigen receptor] T-cell, the updates on CAR T and other emerging therapies,...