End Stage Renal Disease

Pancreatic fistulas following distal pancreatectomy are unrelated to the texture quality of the pancreas.

PURPOSE: The relevance of pancreatic texture for pancreatic fistula (POPF) formation after distal pa...

Renal Papillary Necrosis Associated With Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

OBJECTIVES: Renal papillary necrosis (RPN) occurring in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has not b...

Remission of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Following Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

BACKGROUND: Spontaneous or fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB)-induced remission of primary hyperpa...

Myelofibrosis and Pancytopenia Associated With Primary Hyperparathyroidism.

OBJECTIVE: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has varied clinical presentations. Hematologic abnorma...

Lithium-Associated Hyperparathyroidism Followed by Catatonia.

OBJECTIVE: To familiarize the medical community with the less common adverse effects of lithium on p...

A novel method to rapidly calculate the urea clearance index and urea reduction rate based on parameters obtained during hemodialysis.

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of hemodialysis (HD) is closely associated with patient survival time and q...

Early initiation of PD therapy in elderly patients is associated with increased risk of death.

BACKGROUND: The effect of early initiation of dialysis on outcomes of patients with end-stage renal ...

Machine learning algorithm for early detection of end-stage renal disease.

BACKGROUND: End stage renal disease (ESRD) describes the most severe stage of chronic kidney disease...

Peritoneal dialysis: An effective therapeutic modality in acute kidney injury.

BACKGROUND: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a modality of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in acute kidne...

Intravenous iron therapy and the cardiovascular system: risks and benefits.

Anaemia is a common complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this setting, iron deficiency i...

Safety and efficacy of robot-assisted versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy: a meta-analysis of multiple worldwide centers.

The objective of the study is to compare the safety and efficacy of robot-assisted pancreaticoduoden...

Role of Intravenous Ascorbic Acid in the Management of Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients.

INTRODUCTION: Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) suffer from functional iron deficiency w...

Robotic repair of the symptomatic vesicouterine fistula.

Evaluation of Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Bruit by Deep Learning.

Physical findings of auscultation cannot be quantified at the arteriovenous fistula examination site...

Predicting mortality in hemodialysis patients using machine learning analysis.

BACKGROUND: Besides the classic logistic regression analysis, non-parametric methods based on machin...

A Single-Center Evaluation of Extended Infusion Piperacillin/Tazobactam for Empiric Treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.

Piperacillin/tazobactam (PTZ) extended infusion (EI) is often used empirically in the intensive car...

Serum total indoxyl sulfate and clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients: results from the Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

BACKGROUND: Uremic toxins are associated with various chronic kidney disease-related comorbidities. ...

Prospective Nonrandomized Comparison Between Open and Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of Midterm Functional Outcomes.

To compare short- and midterm outcomes of the first 55 patients undergoing robot-assisted kidney tr...

Fatal case of hospital-acquired hypernatraemia in a neonate: lessons learned from a tragic error.

A 3-week-old boy with viral gastroenteritis was by error given 200 mL 1 mmol/mL hypertonic saline in...

Efficacy of enoxaparin in preventing coagulation during high-flux haemodialysis, expanded haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration.

BACKGROUND: Low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) are easily dialysable with high-flow membranes; ho...

Accelerating massively parallel hemodynamic models of coarctation of the aorta using neural networks.

Comorbidities such as anemia or hypertension and physiological factors related to exertion can influ...