Ameliorative effects of Nigerian bitter honey on streptozotocin-induced hepatorenal damage in Wistar rats [PDF]
Background: Mortalities resulting from liver and kidney failure are enormous. It is however worrisome that conventional medications are rarely available for their treatment.
Bayo O. Adeoye +6 more
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Occupational Exposure to Paving Asphalt Fumes, Impact on Liver and Kidney Function Test Parameters
Background: Asphalt is a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. It also contains different kinds of heavy metals. Hot mix asphalt emits hazardous volatile substances. Asphalt is used in many industries, causing serious adverse health effects for
Mahdieh Noroozi +2 more
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Estimated glomerular filtration rate correlates poorly with four-hour creatinine clearance in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. [PDF]
Introduction. RIFLE and AKIN provide a standardised classification of acute kidney injury (AKI), but their categorical rather than continuous nature restricts their use to a research tool. A more accurate real-time description of renal function in AKI is
Kirwan, CJ, Macphee, IA, Philips, BJ
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A rare case of renal thrombotic microangiopathy associated with Castleman’s disease [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Castleman’s disease (CD) is an uncommon, heterogeneous lympho-proliferative disorder leading to high circulating levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).
Chen, Ying Maggie +3 more
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Impact of nephrolithiasis on kidney function. [PDF]
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Edvardsson, Vidar O +4 more
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Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin as a Marker for Identification of Acute Kidney Injury and Recovery in Dogs with Gentamicin-induced Nephrotoxicity. [PDF]
BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high mortality rates in dogs, which may be a consequence of late recognition using traditional diagnostic tests.
Cowgill, LD +6 more
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A mathematical analysis of dialysis report and kidney function tests; a case study [PDF]
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are need to do kidney functioning tests in a regular interval due to this time money as well as energy are affected.
Amir Barhoi
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Objective: Several scoring systems have been proposed to quantify surgical complexity, and provide an insight into expected peri- and postoperative surgical outcomes following partial nephrectomy. However, it is still unclear which of the scoring systems
Ting-Po Lin +4 more
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Rice bran modulates renal disease risk factors in animals submitted to high sugar-fat diet
Introduction: Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are common risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD). CKD arises due to many pathological insults, including inflammation and oxidative stress, which affect renal function and destroy nephrons.
Juliana Silva Siqueira +10 more
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Renal function change after radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma patients with a solitary kidney may be independent of urinary diversion type [PDF]
Purpose: To compare renal function change by urinary diversion (UD) type (ileal conduit [IC] vs. neobladder [NB]) in patients with a single kidney who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) due to bladder cancer. Materials and Methods: We evaluated the renal
Gyeong Hun Kim +4 more
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