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Recovery of Severe Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient with COVID-19: Role of Lung Ultrasonography

POCUS Journal, 2022
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is recognized as a complication of COVID-19 among hospitalized patients. Lung ultrasonography (LUS) can be a useful tool in the management of COVID-19 pneumonia when interpreted correctly. However, the role of LUS in management
Varun Madireddy, Daniel W. Ross, Deepa A. Malieckal, Shamir Hasan, Azzour Hazzan, Hitesh H. Shah   +5 more
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Climate change and the kidney [PDF]

, 2019
The worldwide increase in temperature has resulted in a marked increase in heat waves (heat extremes) that carries a markedly increased risk for morbidity and mortality.
Butler-Dawson, Jaime, Diaz, Henry F., Garcia, Gabriela, Hernando, Ana Andres, Johnson, Richard J., Lanaspa, Miguel A., Lemery, Jay, Newman, Lee S., Rodriguez-Iturbe, Bernardo, Roncal-Jimenez, Carlos A., Sato, Yuka, Sánchez-Lozada, Laura G., Tolan, Dean R.   +12 more
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Low-dose IL-2 expands CD4+ regulatory T cells with a suppressive function in vitro via the STAT5-dependent pathway in patients with chronic kidney diseases

Renal Failure, 2018
Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often have CD4+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) dysfunction and chronic inflammation. We aim to investigate the effect, function, and related mechanism of low-dose IL-2 on CD4+ regulatory T cells ...
Yuanyuan Li, Xueyong Liu, Wei Wang, Shaohua Wang, Jianchun Zhang, Song Jiang, Yang Wang, Liping Li, Jinghua Li, Youkang Zhang, Haichang Huang   +10 more
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Dual mTOR/PI3K inhibition limits PI3K-dependent pathways activated upon mTOR inhibition in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease [PDF]

, 2018
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by the development of kidney cysts leading to kidney failure in adulthood. Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) slows polycystic kidney disease (PKD) progression in ...
Arcaro, Alexandre, Castelletti, Deborah, Fu, Xuebin, Liu, Yang, Mischak, Harald, Mullen, William, Pejchinovski, Martin, Serra, Andreas L., Siwy, Justyna, Wang, Xueqi, Watnick, Terry J.   +10 more
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National Kidney Foundation Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification, and Stratification

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2003
Chronic kidney disease is a worldwide public health problem. In the United States, the incidence and prevalence of kidney failure are rising, the outcomes are poor, and the costs are high.
A. Levey, J. Coresh, E. Balk, A. Kausz, A. Levin, M. Steffes, R. Hogg, R. Perrone, J. Lau, G. Eknoyan   +9 more
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Point of Care Ultrasound of the Hemodialysis Vascular Access

POCUS Journal, 2022
The effectiveness of hemodialysis is completely dependent on the quality of the patient’s vascular access; thus, appropriate assessment of ateriovenous fistulas and grafts is of critical importance.
Larissa Kruger Gomes, Het Patel, Nikhil Agrawal, Yael Vin   +3 more
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Global Epidemiology of End-Stage Kidney Disease and Disparities in Kidney Replacement Therapy

American Journal of Nephrology, 2021
Background: The global epidemiology of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) reflects each nation’s unique genetic, environmental, lifestyle, and sociodemographic characteristics.
J. Thurlow, M. Joshi, G. Yan, K. Norris, L. Agodoa, C. Yuan, R. Nee   +6 more
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Protocol and establishment of a Queensland renal biopsy registry in Australia

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Renal biopsy is often required to obtain information for diagnosis, management and prognosis of kidney disease that can be broadly classified into acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Joseph Patrick Burke, Manaf Aljishi, Leo Francis, Wendy Hoy, Dakshinamurthy Divi, Roy Cherian, Jeremy Frazier, Glenda Gobe, Pedro Gois, Sridevi Govindarajulu, Sonny Huynh, Shilpanjali Jesudason, George John, Krishan Madhan, Andrew Mallett, Valli Manickam, Clyson Mutatiri, Shu-Kay Ng, Zaw Thet, Peter Trnka, Sree Krishna Venuthurupalli, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan   +21 more
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Risk factor mining and prediction of urine protein progression in chronic kidney disease: a machine learning- based study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2023
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health concern. Therefore, to provide timely intervention for non-hospitalized high-risk patients and rationally allocate limited clinical resources is important to mine the key factors when ...
Yufei Lu, Yichun Ning, Yang Li, Bowen Zhu, Jian Zhang, Yan Yang, Weize Chen, Zhixin Yan, Annan Chen, Bo Shen, Yi Fang, Dong Wang, Nana Song, Xiaoqiang Ding   +13 more
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Point of Care Ultrasound in Monitoring of Post-Renal Biopsy Bleeding

POCUS Journal, 2022
A 32-year-old male presented with hypertensive emergency and features of thrombotic microangiopathy. He underwent a kidney biopsy after renal dysfunction persisted despite clinical improvement otherwise.
Natalie N. McCall, Anna Burgner
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