Urology

Chronic Kidney Disease: Detection and Evaluation.

Chronic kidney disease affects 47 million people in the United States and is associated with significant health care costs, morbidity, and mortality. Because this disease can silently progress to advanced stages, early detection is critical for initiating timely interventions. Multiple guidelines recommend at least annual screening with serum creatinine, urine albumin/creatinine ratio, and urinaly...

[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 Cushing's syndrome (SCS), and explore the best diagnostic cut-off value. The clinical data of patients with adrenal incidentaloma in Chinese PLA General Hospital between January 2008 and December 2016 was retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. All SCS patients were diagnosed based on the current Cus...

[Determination of six amide herbicide residues in soil by QuEChERS-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry].

A method was developed for the determination of six amide herbicides, such as acetochlor, alachlor, metolachlor, metazachlor, butachlor and pretilachl...

Editorial Comment on: Three-Layer Two-Step Posterior Reconstruction Using Peritoneum During Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy to Improve Recovery of Urinary Continence: A Prospective Comparative Study by Ogawa et al.

Impact of acute versus repetitive moderate intensity endurance exercise on kidney injury markers.

Exercise may lead to kidney injury through several mechanisms. Urinary Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (uKIM1) and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin...

Near total parathyroidectomy for the treatment of renal hyperparathyroidism.

BACKGROUND: Different surgical strategies are used to treat medical refractory renal hyperparathyroidism. Our preferred choice in patients with modera...

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 increase in the likelihood of acute kidney injury (A...

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 increase in the risk factors such as hypertension. The gr...

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 penetrate deeply into tissues through intact skin ...

The Association Between Bisphenol A and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Case-Control Study.

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine metabolic disorder with unclear etiopathogenesis among reproductive age women. Evidences show genet...

[Ulinastatin attenuates hyper-permeability of vascular endothelialium cells induced by serum from patients with sepsis].

Objective To study the effect of ulinastatin (UTI) on the hyper-permeability of human umbilical vein endothelial cell induced by the serum from patien...

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 short and long-term cardiovascular outcomes, to chara...

Unexpected hemorrhage of a rare vessel, a pubic branch of the external iliac artery, after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Case report.

RATIONALE: Postoperative hemorrhage is a rare complication after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP), with no case reports of bleeding from the e...

Impact of metformin on serum prostate-specific antigen levels: Data from the national health and nutrition examination survey 2007 to 2008.

PURPOSE: A possible association between metformin use and the development of prostate cancer (PCa) has been reported. However, there is limited inform...

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 control the allograft function in kidney transplant ...

Fortacin™ Spray for the Treatment of Premature Ejaculation.

Premature ejaculation (PE) is a common complaint of male sexual dysfunction affecting men and their partners and consequently causing significant pers...

Role of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin as a Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Circulatory Shock.

BACKGROUND: The early prediction of acute kidney injury (AKI) by the current clinical and laboratory methods remains inadequate. Neutrophil gelatinase...

Selection and Short-Term Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors in Singapore - An Analysis of the Donor Care Registry.

INTRODUCTION: Transplant rates in Singapore have been falling and there is limited information on baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes of li...

Comparison of intraoperative basal fluid requirements in distal pancreatectomy: Laparotomy vs. laparoscopy: A retrospective cohort study.

There has been recent progress in intraoperative fluid therapy. However, little is known about intraoperative fluid therapy in laparoscopic surgery. T...

Metabolic acidosis of chronic kidney disease and subclinical cardiovascular disease markers: Friend or foe?

The effect of chronic metabolic acidosis (MA) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the setting of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is largely unknown. There...