Nephrology

How to do it: a robotic kidney autotransplant.

We describe Australia's first reported case of robotic kidney autotransplantation for a complex rena...

Re: Geraldine Pignot, Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin, Jochen Walz, et al. Nephrectomy After Complete Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A New Surgical Challenge? Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2019.12.018: The Next Surgical Frontier in Kidney Cancer: Nephrectomy After Immune Checkpoint Inhibition.

Automated classification of solid renal masses on contrast-enhanced computed tomography images using convolutional neural network with decision fusion.

OBJECTIVES: To develop a deep learning-based method for automated classification of renal cell carci...

Neurotransmitter networks in mouse prefrontal cortex are reconfigured by isoflurane anesthesia.

This study quantified eight small-molecule neurotransmitters collected simultaneously from prefronta...

Predicting severe clinical events by learning about life-saving actions and outcomes using distant supervision.

Medical error is a leading cause of patient death in the United States. Among the different types of...

Artificial intelligence for early prediction of pulmonary hypertension using electrocardiography.

BACKGROUND: Screening and early diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) are critical for managing p...

Cov_FB3D: A De Novo Covalent Drug Design Protocol Integrating the BA-SAMP Strategy and Machine-Learning-Based Synthetic Tractability Evaluation.

drug design actively seeks to use sets of chemical rules for the fast and efficient identification ...

Characterization of sodium removal to ultrafiltration volume in a peritoneal dialysis outpatient cohort.

BACKGROUND: Failure to control volume is the second most common cause of peritoneal dialysis (PD) te...

Role of Artificial Intelligence in Kidney Disease.

Artificial intelligence (AI), as an advanced science technology, has been widely used in medical fie...

Artificial intelligence and machine learning in nephropathology.

Artificial intelligence (AI) for the purpose of this review is an umbrella term for technologies emu...

Machine learning, the kidney, and genotype-phenotype analysis.

With biomedical research transitioning into data-rich science, machine learning provides a powerful ...

Clinical decision support system to predict chronic kidney disease: A fuzzy expert system approach.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Diagnosis and early intervention of chronic kidney disease are essential ...

Extracting Structured Genotype Information from Free-Text HLA Reports Using a Rule-Based Approach.

BACKGROUND: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing is important for transplant patients to prevent a s...

Comparison of Robot-Assisted and Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for Completely Endophytic Renal Tumors: A High-Volume Center Experience.

To compare the perioperative, functional, and oncologic outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrect...

Automated detection algorithm for C4d immunostaining showed comparable diagnostic performance to pathologists in renal allograft biopsy.

A deep learning-based image analysis could improve diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in pathology w...

Predicting Optimal Hypertension Treatment Pathways Using Recurrent Neural Networks.

BACKGROUND: In ambulatory care settings, physicians largely rely on clinical guidelines and guidelin...

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Review of Conventional and Advanced Therapeutic Strategies.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells are deficient in estrogen, progesterone and ERBB2 recepto...

Sulodexide modulates the dialysate effect on the peritoneal mesothelium.

Peritoneal membrane damage during chronic peritoneal dialysis is the main cause of that treatment fa...

Evaluation of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Chronic Kidney Disease by Radial Basis Function Neural Network.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a radial basis function (RBF) neural network and investigate its performance i...

Value of a Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Young Patients With Hypertension.

Risk stratification of young patients with hypertension remains challenging. Generally, machine lear...

Vessel and Tension-Free Reconstruction During Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Hilar Tumors: "Garland" Technique and Midterm Outcomes.

Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is increasingly applied to renal hilar tumors. The presen...