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Routine laboratory testing in hemodialysis: how frequently is it needed?

BMC Nephrology, 2022
Background: Hemodialysis patients are followed by routine laboratory testing. There is uncertainty whether these tests always lead to a change in decision-making.
Claudia Chidiac, Dania Chelala, Dany Nassar, Chadia Beaini, Hiba Azar, Serge Finianos, Celine Boueri, Jenny Hawi, Ibrahim Abdo, Mabel Aoun   +9 more
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Bilateral Peripheral Facial Nerve Neuropathy as the Presenting Feature of Primary Sjögren Syndrome: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
Minor salivary gland biopsy demonstrating lymphocytic infiltration with Greenspan's grade 4 foci, supporting the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome in a patient presenting with bilateral peripheral facial nerve palsy. ABSTRACT Bilateral facial nerve paralysis can be the presenting feature of primary Sjögren syndrome.
Ryosuke Hanaoka
wiley   +1 more source

Alfacalcidol improves the growth velocity in children with vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency: A single center retrospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectivesTo investigate the growth velocity-improving effects of vitamin D replacement therapy in pediatric patients diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency.Study designA retrospective cohort study was conducted in 34 pediatric patients ...
Satoshi Miyagaki, Mihoko Yamaguchi, Takeshi Ota, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Hidechika Morimoto, Yoshinobu Oka, Jun Mori   +6 more
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Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity and Extracellular Water Expansion in Hemodialysis Patients

Artificial Organs, Volume 49, Issue 9, Page 1429-1436, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Pulse wave velocity (PWV), a measurement of arterial stiffness, is a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients. Debate continues as to whether PWV is increased by volume overload. As such, we reviewed the association between volume overload and PWV.
Roohi Chhabra, Andrew Davenport
wiley   +1 more source

Interrogating the Perceptions of Undergraduate Pharmacology Teaching on an MBBS Programme at a UK Medical School

Pharmacology Research &Perspectives, Volume 13, Issue 4, August 2025.
Comparison of the perceptions of pharmacology teaching between phase 1 and phase 2/3 undergraduate MBBS students. ABSTRACT Pharmacology education at medical schools in the UK aims to give newly qualified doctors the ability to apply foundational knowledge of pharmacology and to be able to prescribe drugs safely.
Eleanor Renee Smith, Maximilian Paley, Raji Kaur Lalli, Maryam Malekigorji, John Broad   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alfacalcidol in clinical practice: focus on the efficacy and safety of the Russian generic drug

Современная ревматология
The most important factors that determine the risk of fractures are not only the presence of osteoporosis (OP), but also the risk of falls. In addition to sufficient physical activity, medications are needed that have a positive effect on the strength ...
N. V. Toroptsova, M. V. Kozyreva, O. V. Dobrovolskaya   +2 more
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Primary hyperparathyroidism in a domestic shorthair cat following I131 radioiodine therapy

Journal of Small Animal Practice, Volume 66, Issue 8, Page 582-586, August 2025.
A 12‐year‐old male neutered domestic shorthaired cat presented for further assessment of a cervical mass, having undergone radioiodine therapy for treatment of hyperthyroidism 2 years prior to presentation. Initial cytological diagnosis of the mass was supportive of a carcinoma and laboratory results were consistent with primary hyperparathyroidism ...
E. Ruane, P. Odatzoglou, H. Wong, A. Hayes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Superiority of alfacalcidol compared to vitamin D plus calcium in lumbar bone mineral density in postmenopausal osteoporosis.

, 2006
In a randomized multicenter, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group study a comparison of the efficacy and safety of 1 microg alfacalcidol to 880 IU vitamin D plus calcium carbonate (1 g calcium) once daily per os was performed on 148 postmenopausal ...
M.L. Brandi, E. D'Erasmo, G. C. Isaia, D'ERASMO, Emilio, R. Nuti, LUISETTO, GIOVANNI, G. Luisetto, E. D’Erasmo, R. Caudarella, G.C. Isaia, P. Oriente, G. Bianchi, M. L. Brandi, M. Muratore, S. Ortolani, C. Fiore   +15 more
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X‐Linked Hypophosphataemia and Burosumab: A Systemic Disease With a New Treatment

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 5, Page 685-700, May 2025.
ABSTRACT X linked hypophosphataemia (XLH) is a systemic, chronic condition that significantly impairs quality of life. In XLH, a phosphate regulating endopeptidase homologue X‐linked (PHEX) gene mutation leads to excess fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), causing hypophosphataemia and subsequent rickets, lower limb deformity, pain and other sequelae ...
Jessica L. Sandy, Andrew Biggin, Aris Siafarikas, Peter J. Simm, Christine P. Rodda, Craig F. Munns   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stress fracture of the distal tibial metaepiphysis as a rare complication of interlocking intramedullary nailing

Гений oртопедии, 2020
Introduction This article describes a clinical case of a stress fracture of the distal tibial metaepiphysis following a high-energy tibial shaft fracture stabilized with interlocking intramedullary (IM) nail to identify an underlying cause of the ...
Mikhail S. Krivorotko, Svetlana S. Rodionova, Yuri V. Buklemishev   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source