Nephrology

Predictive Value of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Catheterization: A Meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) accumulates in cortical tubules in acu...

Single baseline serum creatinine measurements predict mortality in critically ill patients hospitalized for acute heart failure.

BACKGROUND: Acute heart failure (AHF) is a leading cause of death in critically ill patients and is ...

Antimicrobial Activity and Toxicity of the Major Lipopeptide Components of Polymyxin B and Colistin: Last-line Antibiotics against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria.

Polymyxin B and colistin are currently used as a 'last-line' treatment for multidrug-resistant Gram-...

Robotic-assisted kidney transplantation: our first case.

PURPOSE: Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease...

A Soft Computing Approach to Kidney Diseases Evaluation.

Kidney renal failure means that one's kidney have unexpectedly stopped functioning, i.e., once chron...

Robot-assisted laparoscopic management of duplex renal anomaly: Comparison of surgical outcomes to traditional pure laparoscopic and open surgery.

INTRODUCTION: Surgical management of duplex renal anomaly (DRA) is complex because of individual ana...

Pathology Image of the Month:Cough and Shortness of Breath in a Noncompliant Patient with HIV/AIDS.

A 37- year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) w...

Application of a UPLC-MS/MS method to the protein binding study of TM-2 in rat, human and beagle dog plasma.

TM-2 known as a potential antitumor drug is a novel semi-synthetic taxane derivative. As drug-protei...

Identification of Risk Factors for Initial Elevated Vancomyin Trough Concentrations.

Recent literature suggests that elevated vancomycin trough concentrations (>20 µg/mL) may be associ...

Medium-Term Renal Function in a Large Cohort of Stable Kidney Transplant Recipients Converted From Twice-Daily to Once-Daily Tacrolimus.

BACKGROUND: There is some evidence pointing toward better renal function in kidney transplant recipi...

Discrimination of driver and passenger mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor in cancer.

Cancer is one of the most life-threatening diseases and mutations in several genes are the vital cau...

Exposure to Aroclor-1254 impairs spindle assembly during mouse oocyte maturation.

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as typical environmental estrogen disruptors, are a structurally-r...

Using local lexicalized rules to identify heart disease risk factors in clinical notes.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death globally and a significant part of the human population ...

Myocardial function in Saudi adolescents with vitamin D deficiency: Tissue Doppler imaging study.

Vitamin D deficiency is a common health problem in Saudi Arabia especially in children and adolescen...

Understanding safety-critical interactions with a home medical device through Distributed Cognition.

As healthcare shifts from the hospital to the home, it is becoming increasingly important to underst...

Lack of association between anemia and renal disease progression in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.

AIMS/INTRODUCTION: Anemia has a close interaction with renal dysfunction in diabetes patients. More ...

Biofertilizer and biostimulant properties of the microalga .

Microalgae represent a potential sustainable alternative for the enhancement and protection of agric...

Can Serum Gdf-15 be Associated with Functional Iron Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients?

Functional iron deficiency (FID) incidence is gradually increasing in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Re...

Re: Robot-Assisted Surgery for Kidney Cancer Increased Access to a Procedure that can Reduce Mortality and Renal Failure.

Types of vicarious learning experienced by pre-dialysis patients.

OBJECTIVE: Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis renal replacement treatment options are in clinical...

Re: Robotic Trans-Abdominal Transplant Nephrectomy for a Failed Renal Allograft.