Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 Background Brake oil is an automobile transmission fluid composed of a mixture of toxic alcohols such as ethylene glycols and glycol ethers. Both accidental and intentional ingestion cases have been reported and they can present with multisystem ...
B. M. D. B. Basnayake +5 more
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Increased osmotic sensitivity for antidiuretic response in chronic chagas' disease [PDF]
, 1985 O limiar de sensibilidade osmótíca para obtenção de resposta antídiurética foi avaliado em 31 pacientes com a forma crônica da moléstia de Chagas, através de infusão de salina hipertônica ou desidratação.
Junqueira Junior, Luiz Fernando +3 more
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Contrast Induced Nephropathy in ICU settings
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2018 Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN) is defined as acute deterioration of renal function after the administration of Radio-contrast materials, mostly within a period of 24 to 48 hours.
Raghavendra Vanaki
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Comparative Effectiveness of 12 Treatment Strategies for Preventing Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Background: To simultaneously evaluate the relative efficacy of multiple pharmacologic strategies for preventing contrast-induced acute kidney injury (AKI).
Ades +58 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Diagnostic and prognostic ability of urinary NGAL in patients with cirrhosis and AKI. Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Urinary neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin (uNGAL) could help discriminate between different etiologies of AKI.
Carmine Gambino +14 more
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Low Na, high K diet and the role of aldosterone in BK-mediated K excretion. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 A low Na, high K diet (LNaHK) is associated with a low rate of cardiovascular (CV) disease in many societies. Part of the benefit of LNaHK relies on its diuretic effects; however, the role of aldosterone (aldo) in the diuresis is not understood.
Ryan J Cornelius +6 more
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Computed microtomography visualization and quantification of mouse ischemic brain lesion by nonionic radio contrast agents. [PDF]
, 2001 AIM: To explore the possibility of brain imaging by microcomputed tomography (microCT) using x-ray contrasting methods to visualize mouse brain ischemic lesions after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO).
A. Bouajjani +7 more
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Fitting ODE models of tear film breakup [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 The contribution of different physical effects to tear breakup (TBU) in subjects with no self-reported history of dry eye are quantified. An automated system using a convolutional neural network is deployed on fluorescence (FL) imaging videos to identify multiple likely TBU instances in each trial.
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Chronic hyponatremia in a patient with renal salt wasting and without cerebral disease: relationship between RSW, risk of fractures and cognitive impairment [PDF]
, 2018 Renal salt wasting syndrome (RSW) is defined as a renal loss of sodium leading to hyponatremia and a decrease in extracellular fluid volume (ECV). Differentiation of this disorder from the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH),
Della Corte V. +3 more
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Ferrotoxicity and Its Amelioration by Calcitriol in Cultured Renal Cells
Analytical Cellular Pathology, 2021 Globally, acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with significant mortality and an enormous economic burden. Whereas iron is essential for metabolically active renal cells, it has the potential to cause renal cytotoxicity by promoting Fenton chemistry ...
Chandrashekar Annamalai +2 more
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