ALLMedicine™ Renal Vein Thrombosis Center

Jun 10th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined as an abrupt or rapid decline in renal filtration function. See the image below. Photomicrograph of a renal biopsy specimen shows renal medulla, which is composed mainly of renal tubules. Fe...

Jun 10th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined as an abrupt or rapid decline in renal filtration function. See the image below. Photomicrograph of a renal biopsy specimen shows renal medulla, which is composed mainly of renal tubules. Fe...

Jun 10th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined as an abrupt or rapid decline in renal filtration function. See the image below. Photomicrograph of a renal biopsy specimen shows renal medulla, which is composed mainly of renal tubules. Fe...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Approach Considerations In secondary membranous nephropathy, successful treatment of the underlying cause may be curative. For example, in hepatitis-associated membranous nephropathy, antivirals may be useful. [24, 25] Symptomatic treatment includ...

Mar 16th, 2022 - Practice Essentials In 1840, Rayer first described the association between renal vein thrombosis (RVT) and nephrotic syndrome. Earlier reports, from postmortem examinations, had correctly cited infectious suppuration, malignancy, and trauma as lik...

May 4th, 2020 - Unusual site venous thromboembolism (VTE) refers to thrombosis occurring in venous districts outside the veins of the lower extremities and the pulmonary arteries, and includes splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT), cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT), reti...

Mar 24th, 2015 - INTRODUCTION: Globally there have been about 45,000 kidney transplants last year. Currently, the overall survival of renal transplant receptors is 95% in the first year and 85% at 5 years. A major challenge to overcome by the renal transplant surg...

Nov 1st, 2018 - A 49-year-old man developed nephrotic-range proteinuria (urine protein–creatinine ratio 4. 1 g/g), and primary membranous nephropathy was diagnosed by kidney biopsy.

Oct 21st, 2011 - Case Presentation A 27-year-old African American woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) of 5 years' duration presents to her rheumatologist for evaluation of shortness of breath that started 3 weeks ago. Medical History The patient presente...

Oct 21st, 2011 - Case Presentation A 27-year-old African American woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) of 5 years' duration presents to her rheumatologist for evaluation of shortness of breath that started 3 weeks ago. Medical History The patient presente...

Jul 12th, 2001 - Question Is liver transplantation a treatment for homozygous protein C deficiency in a child? Response from Ashokkumar B. Jain, MD Protein C is a vitamin K-dependent anticoagulant glycoprotein. Once activated by thrombin, it inhibits activated fac...

ABSTRACTNephrotic syndrome can now be treated effectively in most cases. All patients should be treated with a low-salt diet, diuretics to reduce edema, and statins to normalize serum lipid concentrations.