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Aug 1st, 2022 - Delayed graft function (DGF) immediately after kidney transplantation is considered a risk factor for acute rejection. According to clinical guidelines, a weekly allograft biopsy should be performed until DGF resolves. Based on clinical evidence, ...

Jul 25th, 2022 - Calcification on native kidney biopsy specimens is often noted by pathologists, but the consequence is unknown. We searched the pathology reports in the Biopsy Biobank Cohort of Indiana for native biopsy specimens with calcification. Of the 4,364 ...

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...

Jun 18th, 2022 - Bladder cancer is the tenth most common cancer worldwide, with Europe having the highest incidence rates. Regarding the treatment of metastatic disease, first-line treatment for fit patients is cisplatin-containing combination chemotherapy. Howeve...

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...

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 14th, 2021 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) affects multiple organ systems and imparts significant morbidity and mortality [1]. Approximately 5% to 14% of patients affected with SARS-CoV-2 will become critically ill [2-4]. While c...

Sep 28th, 2021 - Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of end-stage liver disease and is one of the criteria that define acute-on-chronic liver failure. There are two types of AKI in cirrhosis: functional and structural. The functional group is divide...

Sep 13th, 2021 - Since December 2019, a novel coronavirus called SARSCoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) has caused an international outbreak of respiratory illness described as COVID-19. Among 85 patients with COVID-19 an incidence of acute ki...

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...

Oct 14th, 2019 - Q)I have a patient with a discharge diagnosis of community-acquired acute kidney injury. What does this mean? What do I do now? Acute kidney injury (AKI) refers to an abrupt decrease in kidney function that is possibly reversible or in which harm.