Nephrology

[Application of support vector machine in predicting in-hospital mortality risk of patients with acute kidney injury in ICU].

OBJECTIVE: To construct an in-hospital mortality prediction model for patients with acute kidney inj...

Editorial Comment to Robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy versus laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: A propensity score-matched comparative analysis of surgical outcomes and preserved renal parenchymal volume.

Identification of topological features in renal tumor microenvironment associated with patient survival.

MOTIVATION: As a highly heterogeneous disease, the progression of tumor is not only achieved by unli...

[Standard surgery for small renal masses (<4 cm)].

BACKGROUND: Several new treatment strategies have emerged in the treatment of small renal masses (<4...

Editorial Comment on: Predictive Factors for Achieving Superorior Pentafecta Outcomes Following Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy in Patients with Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma by Kang et al. (From: Kang M, Gong I-H, Park HJ, et al. J Endourol 2017;31:1231-1236).

NUTRITIONAL OR ACTIVE VITAMIN D FOR THE CORRECTION OF MINERAL METABOLISM ABNORMALITIES IN NON-DIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS?

CONTEXT: Benefits of vitamin D therapies in chronic kidney disease (CKD) are debated.

EVALUATION OF THE BEHAVIOR OF LEVELS OF HMGB1 AND IL6 AS PREDICTORS OF INFECTION, ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND MORTALITY IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS WITH VARICEAL BLEEDING.

BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal varices and associated bleeding are a major cause of morbidity and mort...

Correlation of Parathyroid Hormone Levels with Mineral Status in End-stage Renal Disease Patients.

UNLABELLED: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is the main regulator of calcium, phosphate, magnesium, sodium...

Prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in renal transplant recipients.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in renal...

[The gender features of disorders of composition of lipids of blood serum in patients with chronic pathology of kidneys.].

The purpose of the study was to investigate gender features of abnormalities of blood serum lipid co...

Chronic Kidney Disease: Detection and Evaluation.

Chronic kidney disease affects 47 million people in the United States and is associated with signifi...

[Diagnostic value of urinary free cortisol in the subclinical Cushing's syndrome in patients with adrenal incidentaloma].

To evaluate the efficacy of 24 h urinary free cortisol (24 h UFC) in the diagnosis of subclinical C...

Analysis of Interleukin-17 mRNA Level in the Urinary Cells of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Stable Function.

OBJECTIVES: Kidney transplantation supports patients with end-stage kidney diseases. Many factors co...

NT-proBNP test with improved accuracy for the diagnosis of chronic heart failure.

The circulating concentration of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been shown...

Angioplasty and stenting for the proximal anastomotic stenosis of a brachio-axillary bypass graft using a helical interwoven nitinol stent: A case report.

RATIONALE: Thrombosis due to anastomotic site stenosis is the most common complication in patients w...

The dose-response association between estimated glomerular filtration rate and prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from rural areas of China's Liaoning province.

We aimed to investigate the dose-response associations between chronic kidney disease (CKD), and sho...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation combined with continuous renal replacement therapy in cutaneous burn and inhalation injury caused by hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid.

RATIONALE: Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is a highly corrosive agent and can cause corrosive burns. HF can ...

Near total parathyroidectomy for the treatment of renal hyperparathyroidism.

BACKGROUND: Different surgical strategies are used to treat medical refractory renal hyperparathyroi...

Prevalence and correlates of chronic kidney disease in a group of patients with hypertension in the Savanah zone of Cameroon: a cross-sectional study in Sub-Saharan Africa.

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide due to an increas...

Low Oxygen Delivery as a Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury during Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Low indexed oxygen delivery (DOi) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been associated with an in...

The correlations between serum amphiregulin and other clinicopathological factors in colorectal cancer.

BACKGROUND: Amphiregulin (AREG) is one of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligands and pl...