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Muscle Mass Is a Better Predictor of Survival in Dogs With Chronic Kidney Disease Compared to Body Condition Score

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Monitoring prognostic factors, such as body weight, is important to assess the effectiveness of therapies in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and estimate the survival rate (SR). As established in the literature, both body condition score (BCS) and muscle mass score (MMS), when analysed individually, show a positive correlation with ...
Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini, Pedro Henrique Marchi, Vivian Pedrinelli, Andressa Rodrigues Amaral, Laís Oyama Cotrim Lima, Bianca Petermann Moretti, Natália Manuela Cardoso de Oliveira, Cristiana F. F. Pontieri, Juliana T. Jeremias, Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro, Marcio Antonio Brunetto   +10 more
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Comparison of type and antibiotic resistance of microorganisms causing pyelonephritis in children with and without functional constipation [PDF]

مجله پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز
Background. As mentioned, in this study we compared the type of microorganisms causing pyelonephritis and their resistance in two groups of children with and without constipation. This issue is very important in the clinic in initial empirical treatment (
Mohsen Mohammadi, Mohammadreza Esmaeili Dooki, Maedeh Motadel, Soraya Khafri, Maryam Nikpour, Hadi Sorkhi   +5 more
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Periodontitis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Mechanistic Evidence

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This narrative review aims to describe mechanisms linking periodontal diseases in pregnancy with adverse pregnancy outcomes. ABSTRACT Periodontal diseases, including both gingivitis and periodontitis, occur commonly among pregnant individuals. Both gingivitis and periodontitis are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) such as early ...
Gregory C. Valentine, Yiorgos A. Bobetsis, Benjamin C. Shayo, Peter Milgrom, Phoebus N. Madianos   +4 more
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Periportal Edema as an Extrarenal Manifestation of Acute Pyelonephritis

Diagnostics
Acute pyelonephritis is a common infection of the upper urinary tract that affects approximately 250,000 adults in the United States. Individuals with acute pyelonephritis require hospitalization and intravenous antimicrobial therapy.
Yu-Yun Chang, Kuei-Hong Kuo
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Renal scar formation and kidney function following antibiotic-treated murine pyelonephritis

Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2017
We present a new preclinical model to study treatment, resolution and sequelae of severe ascending pyelonephritis. Urinary tract infection (UTI), primarily caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), is a common disease in children.
Patrick D. Olson, Lisa K. McLellan, Alice Liu, Kelleigh L. Briden, Kristin M. Tiemann, Allyssa L. Daugherty, Keith A. Hruska, David A. Hunstad   +7 more
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Psychogenic polydipsia in dogs – a review of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Polyuria and polydipsia represent a common clinical presentation in dogs and may result from numerous disorders affecting different body systems. Compulsive water consumption is characteristic of psychogenic polydipsia, a primary polydipsia disorder rooted in neurologic, behavioural or environmental factors.
G. Pavlovsky
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Development of standard consensus definitions for infectious urinary tract disease in dogs and cats, a modified Delphi study

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Objectives To develop consensus‐based definitions for infectious urinary tract disease in dogs and cats. Materials and Methods A modified Delphi approach was used to develop consensus on standard terminology and definitions. Results Four rounds of review were performed with two different expert and stakeholder audiences.
J. S. Weese, F. Allerton, K. Scahill, T. M. Sørensen, L. R. Jessen   +4 more
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Increased serum amyloid A and urinary kidney injury marker‐1 concentrations in cats with pyelonephritis: a diagnostic accuracy study

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Objectives To investigate the discriminatory potential of serum amyloid A, neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio, monocyte:lymphocyte ratio and assess renal tubular injury in cats with pyelonephritis. Materials and Methods Diagnostic accuracy study using samples from prospectively enrolled cats and stored material.
L. R. Jessen, F. S. Moberg, R. Langhorn, A. S. Gravgaard, N. Dupont, N. Bak‐Jacobsen, B. J. Reezigt, A. L. Jensen, D. Bienzle, L. N. Nielsen   +9 more
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Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis.

Internal Medicine, 1997
A 76-year-old woman presented with spiking fever and right back pain. Ultrasonography (US) revealed that her right kidney was enlarged. Computed tomography (CT) showed the parenchyma was replaced by non-enhancing masses but the overall kidney shape was maintained. These findings were compatible with those of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XP). The
MUTA, Tsuyoshi, TAKAMATSU, Yasushi, MORITA, Shuichiro, KIKUCHI, Ikuo, TAMURA, Kazuo   +4 more
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Complicated case of bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis and emphysematous cystitis successfully treated with transurethral drainage and ureteral stents

Urology Case Reports
Emphysematous pyelonephritis and emphysematous cystitis are intractable diseases. Eight cases of bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis and emphysematous cystitis have been reported, but no treatment has been established.
Yoshihiro Kawaguchi, Yoshikado Miyagawa, Shigehisa Mizuta, Kosuke Ueda, Kiyoaki Nishihara, Makoto Nakiri, Tsukasa Igawa   +6 more
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