Badrouchi, Samarra Barbouch, Samia Bettaieb, Asma Sellami, Nada Hajji, Mariem Ben Abdallah, Taieb Ben Hamida, Fethi Harzallah, Amel Abderrahim, Ezzedine
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Journal of nephrology
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the health landscape by hampering the management of patients with chronic diseases. Providing optimal healthcare has become a critical issue, especially for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving in-center dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) has the advantage of being a home-based therapy. Severa...
Gebrearegay, Hailemariam Berhe, Ephrem Lema, Hansa Haftu Tequare, Mengistu Hagazi
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Journal of nephrology
Song, Zhuo-Ran Li, Yang Zhang, Yanqin Zhou, Xu-Jie Zhang, Hong
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Journal of nephrology
de Jong, M F C Komdeur, H M Salih, M Meijer, E
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Journal of nephrology
Vásquez-Jiménez, Enzo de Solano Basilla, Ana Lucía Diez Osuna-Padilla, Iván Armando Soto-Abraham, Virgilia Madero, Magdalena
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Journal of nephrology
Kidney disease in diabetes mellitus is usually explained by diabetic kidney disease, but other superimposed etiologies occur frequently. The distinction between diabetic kidney disease and non-diabetic kidney disease can only be made by performing kidney biopsy. Our objective was to evaluate the association of diabetic kidney disease, non-diabetic ...
Courville, Karen Milord, Rolando Cerrud, Jonathan Bustamante, Norman
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Journal of nephrology
Due to the many implemented restrictions, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has rendered some tasks more difficult, for instance, the evaluation of outpatients. Panama's tertiary care hospital for kidney biopsy referral was transformed into a COVID-only hospital in order to assist the large number of COVID-19 patients. In order to face the impossibility of f...
Shalaby, Ahmed Saad Shemies, Rasha Samir
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Journal of nephrology
Stille, Kolja Kribben, Andreas Herget-Rosenthal, Stefan
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Journal of nephrology
Old age was identified as a strong risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI). Our objectives were to provide estimates of AKI, risk factors and outcomes in patients ≥ 75 years for whom data are scarce. Observational studies and randomized controlled trials between 2005 and 2021 with patients of mean or median age ≥ 75 years, reporting AKI according...
Moguel González, Bernardo Garcia Nava, Marcos Orozco Guillén, Oralia Alejandra Soto Abraham, Virgilia Vasquez Jimenez, Enzo Rodriguez Iturbe, Bernardo Madero Rovalo, Magdalena
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Journal of nephrology
Kidney biopsy is a routine procedure in the diagnosis of kidney disease, but during pregnancy it carries potential adverse effects for both mother and child, aside from the challenges of obtaining adequate tissue samples. Nevertheless, a precise diagnosis is necessary when specific and potentially toxic treatments are to be used during pregnancy. T...
Popa, Otilia Capusa, Cristina Stefan, Gabriel Mandache, Eugen Stancu, Simona Petre, Nicoleta Mircescu, Gabriel
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Journal of nephrology
The use of kidney biopsy in elderly individuals is still matter of discussion. The purpose of this study is to assess the utility of kidney biopsy for the management of glomerulopathies in an Eastern European cohort, targeting patients older than 65 years. This retrospective study included 875 adults (147 older than 65 years), with biopsy-proven gl...