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Effect of urine pH changed by dietary intervention on uric acid clearance mechanism of pH-dependent excretion of urinary uric acid

Nutrition Journal, 2012
Background The finding reported in a previous paper - alkalization of urine facilitates uric acid excretion - is contradictory to what one might expect to occur: because food materials for the alkalization of urine contain fewer purine bodies than those ...
Kanbara Aya, Miura Yoshisuke, Hyogo Hideyuki, Chayama Kazuaki, Seyama Issei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case report: Severe rhabdomyolysis and acute liver injury in a high-altitude mountain climber

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Concurrent severe rhabdomyolysis and acute liver damage are rarely reported in the setting of acute high-altitude illness (AHAI). We described a 53-year-old healthy mountain climber who experienced headache and dyspnea at the summit of Snow Mountain ...
Yun-Chih Yeh, Chien-Chou Chen, Chien-Chou Chen, Shih-Hua Lin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rotavirus gastroenteritis-associated urinary tract calculus in an infant

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Rotavirus gastroenteritis a severe viral gastroenteritis that occasionally causes post-renal failure with urinary tract calculus. A 15-month-old boy with rotavirus gastroenteritis suffered from pre- and post-renal dysfunction due to dehydration and ...
Kiwako Tsukida, Masahide Goto, Naoki Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Daisuke Tamura, Takanori Yamagata   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ochronotic Arthropathy: A Report of Two Cases

Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2020
Ochronosis is an entity characterized by deposition of homogentisic acid and metabolites in connective tissues, such as joint cartilage, skin and sclera.
Selma Şengiz Erhan, Sevinç Hallaç Keser, Kubilay Gülsever, Sibel Sensu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alkaline-encrusting pyelitis – A rare disastrous complication postPCNL leading to chronic renal failure

Indian Journal of Urology, 2019
Alkaline-encrusting pyelitis (AEP) is a severe form of infectious disease characterized by encrustation along the lining of the urinary tract leading to loss of renal function.
Kalpesh Parmar, Abhishek Thakur, Shantanu Tyagi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Urine Alkalinization in Preventing Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury and Need for Dialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy of urine alkalinization in preventing acute kidney injury (AKI) and the need for dialysis in patients with rhabdomyolysis.Methods: This study was conducted in accordance ...
Saeed Safari, Iraj Najafi, Seyedhadi Aghili, Ali Jamshidikerachi, Mohammad Amin Shahlaee, Alireza Sadeghi, Mehri Farhangranjbar   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prolapsed lumbar disc in alkaptonuria

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2016
Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase, an enzyme that converts homogentisic acid (HGA) to maleylacetoacetic acid in the tyrosine degradation pathway.
Surapaneni Suresh Babu, G Sudhakar, P E Sonylal, M.U.S.K. Sridevi   +3 more
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GC-MS Analysis of Biological Nitrate and Nitrite Using Pentafluorobenzyl Bromide in Aqueous Acetone: A Dual Role of Carbonate/Bicarbonate as an Enhancer and Inhibitor of Derivatization

Molecules, 2021
Carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbonates, which are widely distributed in nature, are constituents of inorganic and organic matter and are essential in vegetable and animal organisms. CO2 is the principal greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
Dimitrios Tsikas
doaj   +1 more source

Unraveling the Potential of MXenes in Electrochemical Sensing: Mechanistic Insight, Design Principles, and Analytical Applications

Small Science, Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2026.
This review comprehensively examines recent progress in MXene‐based electrochemical sensors for the detection of glucose, hydrogen peroxide, heavy metals, pesticides, nitrites, phenolic pollutants, neurotransmitters, biomarkers, and pharmaceutical compounds.
Hichem Moulahoum, Faezeh Ghorbanizamani, Tomáš Kovářík, Kalim Deshmukh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolated Kidney Transplant in Primary Hyperoxaluria‐1 Enabled by Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) Therapy. Is It Time for Change? Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pediatric Transplantation, Volume 30, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by excessive oxalate production that leads to nephrocalcinosis or nephrolithiasis and progressive kidney failure, associated with systemic oxalosis that is not reversed by dialysis. Pharmacological treatment is limited.
Shameer M. Habeeb, Eva Simkova, Samhar Al‐Akash, Hazem S. Awad, Haneen Yamin, Loai A. Eid, Watfa S. Aldhaheri, Waldo Concepcion, Martin Bitzan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source