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Nov 25th, 2022 - Spontaneous kidney allograft rupture (KAR) is a severe complication of kidney transplant. KAR occurs when no identifiable injuries noted at the time of the organ retrieval are present. KAR is associated with acute rejection, renal vein thrombosis,...

Nov 21st, 2022 - A three-year-old boy was attacked by a group of hornets and the head, arms, back and buttocks of the child were targeted to various stings. The child was first taken to a rural clinic and then to a hospital in Baft city. At arrival to rural clinic...

Nov 18th, 2022 - The dominant ICU admission diagnosis of COVID-19 patients is respiratory insufficiency, but 32-57% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients develop acute kidney injury (COVID-AKI). The renal histopathological changes accompanying COVID-AKI are not yet fu...

Nov 16th, 2022 - Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an under-recognized disorder, which is associated with a high risk for mortality, development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We sought to describe and compare the causes and outcomes of AKI amongst adult patients in ...

Nov 11th, 2022 - The combination of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy (CT) in first-line setting improved survival outcomes of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Among the various adverse events, renal toxic...

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 ...

Sep 19th, 2022 - Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) refers to a form of acute kidney injury (AKI) that occurs after parenteral administration of radio-contrast agent in the absence of other identifiable causes. It is the third most common cause of hospital-acquire...

Sep 1st, 2022 - Delayed graft function (DGF) is a frequent event in kidney transplantation (nationwide, 20.9% if all kinds of donors are included), and is prejudicial to graft survival. DGF is mostly due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN), induced by different cycle...

Aug 19th, 2022 - Acute kidney injury (formerly known as acute renal failure) is a syndrome characterised by the rapid loss of the kidney's excretory function and is typically diagnosed by the accumulation of end products of nitrogen metabolism (urea and creatinine...

Jul 19th, 2022 - The number and scope of laparoscopic surgery are increasing. Now almost every abdominal organ seems suitable for laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopy may be considered potentially risky because it may involve extreme changes in the patient's position...

Mar 31st, 2022 - Obesity is defined as an increase in body weight beyond requirements as a result of excessive fat accumulation in the body and is common Obesity leads to an increase in health problems and morbidity and mortality, as well as individual and social ...

Dec 1st, 2020 - The combination of 10-day decitabine with venetoclax (Venclexta) elicited responses and was found to be well tolerated in older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are ineligible for chemotherapy, according to results of...

Jul 23rd, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although acute kidney injury is seen in a substantial minority of patients with severe COVID-19, no evidence of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 was found in kidney biopsies from a small series of such patients, according to ...

Jul 23rd, 2020 - Matthew F. Watto, MD: Welcome back. This is the Curbsiders. I'm Dr Matthew Watto, here with the great Dr Paul Williams. Paul N. Williams, MD: I'm going to take the reins for a change. This is a recap of one of our Curbsider podcast episodes. Tonig...

Jul 23rd, 2020 - Matthew F. Watto, MD: Welcome back. This is the Curbsiders. I'm Dr Matthew Watto, here with the great Dr Paul Williams. Paul N. Williams, MD: I'm going to take the reins for a change. This is a recap of one of our Curbsider podcast episodes. Tonig...

Nov 8th, 2019 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About one in six cancer patients treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors develops at least transient acute kidney injury (AKI), a retrospective study found. "Patients receiving immune-checkpoint inhibitors can experie...