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A Synopsis of the Evidence for the Science and Clinical Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation, 2023
A growing appreciation of the pathophysiological interrelatedness of metabolic risk factors such as obesity and diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease has led to the conceptualization of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. The
C. Ndumele, I. Neeland, Katherine R. Tuttle, Sheryl L. Chow, Roy O. Mathew, Sadiya S. Khan, J. Coresh, C. Baker-Smith, M. Carnethon, Jean-Pierre Després, Jennifer E Ho, Joshua J Joseph, Walter N Kernan, Amit Khera, Mikhail N. Kosiborod, Carolyn L. Lekavich, Eldrin F. Lewis, Kevin B Lo, Bige Ozkan, Latha P. Palaniappan, Sonali S Patel, Michael J. Pencina, Tiffany Powell-wiley, Laurence S. Sperling, Salim S. Virani, Jackson T Wright, Radhika Rajgopal Singh, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, J. Rangaswami   +28 more
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Correlation of the Dietary Protein Intake between Those Estimated from a Short Protein Food-Recall Questionnaire and from 24-Hour Urinary Urea-Nitrogen Excretion in Stages 3-4 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

International Journal of Nephrology, 2023
Introduction. High protein intake may accelerate progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Estimation of dietary protein intake (DPI) is indispensable for management of CKD, but to achieve optimum DPI is quite challenging in routine clinical practice.
Teerawat Thanachayanont, Methee Chanpitakkul, Akhathai Saetie, Salyaveth Lekagul, Kriang Tungsanga   +4 more
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Incidentalomas Among Healthy Nephrology Fellow Volunteers at POCUS Workshops: A Case Series

POCUS Journal, 2022
A radiographic incidental finding (sometimes called an incidentaloma) is defined as a structure that is unintentionally found during an exam for an unrelated indication.
Ira Blau, Behdad Besharatian, Nathaniel Reisinger   +2 more
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Massive Lymphocele Associated with Allograft Hydronephrosis: An Ultrasound Case Study

POCUS Journal, 2022
Lymphocele is a lymphocyte-rich fluid collection that results from disruption of lymphatics in the recipient during renal transplantation. While small collections resolve spontaneously, larger, symptomatic ones may cause obstructive nephropathy ...
Harini Bejjanki, Kawther F. Alquadan, Abhilash Koratala   +2 more
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Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

New England Journal of Medicine, 2022
Background This study, the EMPA-KIDNEY trial, was designed to assess the effects of empagliflozin in a broad range of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of progression. Methods We randomly assigned 6609 participants to empagliflozin (10mg
W. Herrington, N. Staplin, C. Wanner, J. B. Green, S. Hauske, J. Emberson, D. Preiss, P. Judge, Kaitlin J. Mayne, S. Ng, E. Sammons, D. Zhu, M. Hill, W. Stevens, K. Wallendszus, S. Brenner, A. Cheung, Zhi-Hong Liu, Jing Li, L. Hooi, Wen Liu, T. Kadowaki, M. Nangaku, A. Levin, D. Cherney, A. Maggioni, R. Pontremoli, R. Deo, S. Goto, X. Rosselló, Katherine R. Tuttle, D. Steubl, M. Petrini, D. Massey, Jens Eilbracht, M. Brueckmann, M. Landray, C. Baigent, R. Haynes   +38 more
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Kidney [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2016
Kidney transplant provides significant survival, cost, and quality-of-life benefits over dialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease, but the number of kidney transplant candidates on the waiting list continues to grow annually. By the end of 2014, nearly 100,000 adult candidates and 1500 pediatric candidates were waiting for kidney transplant ...
A, Hart, J M, Smith, M A, Skeans, S K, Gustafson, D E, Stewart, W S, Cherikh, J L, Wainright, G, Boyle, J J, Snyder, B L, Kasiske, A K, Israni   +10 more
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Integrative Volume Status Assessment

POCUS Journal, 2022
Volume status assessment is a critical but challenging clinical skill and is especially important for the management of patients in the emergency department, intensive care unit, and dialysis unit where accurate intravascular assessment is necessary to ...
David Kearney, Nathaniel Reisinger, Sadichhya Lohani   +2 more
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Kidney: polycystic kidney disease [PDF]

WIREs Developmental Biology, 2014
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a life‐threatening genetic disorder characterized by the presence of fluid‐filled cysts primarily in the kidneys. PKD can be inherited as autosomal recessive (ARPKD) or autosomal dominant (ADPKD) traits. Mutations in either the PKD1 or PKD2 genes, which encode polycystin 1 and polycystin 2, are the underlying cause of
Binu M, Paul, Gregory B, Vanden Heuvel
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Intrathoracic kidney

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2023
Intrathoracic kidney is a very rare finding, representing less than 5% of all renal ectopias. Because of the location of the liver, thoracic kidney on the right side is much less common than thoracic kidney on the left side. Although an increasing number of case reports are being published in the literature, few describe the impact of the ectopia on ...
Saez, Rosario Blanco, Pereira, Rafaela, Lopes, Ramiro Sá, Emídio, Fábio, Lazenko, Iryna   +4 more
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Bedside Assessment of the Kidneys and Bladder Using Point of Care Ultrasound

POCUS Journal, 2022
Given the contrasting echogenic characteristics of the urinary system and their easily identifiable distortion in response to numerous pathologic processes, the sonographic examination of the kidney and bladder can provide a wealth of clinical ...
Patrick J. Taus, Surya Manivannan, Ria Dancel   +2 more
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