Published in Journal of nephrology
We report a young woman presented with nephrotic syndrome and normotension during every pregnancy and achieved complete remissions after the deliveries. We thus inferred that her nephrotic syndrome was closely associated with pregnancy. Kidney biopsies were perfromed and showed different histologic patterns: the first biopsy showed a pattern of end...
Published in Journal of nephrology
Acidosis-induced kidney injury is mediated by the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system, for which urinary renin is a potential marker. Therefore, we hypothesized that sodium bicarbonate supplementation reduces urinary renin excretion in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and metabolic acidosis. Patients with CKD stage G4 and plasma bicarbona...
Published in Journal of nephrology
No consensus currently exists regarding the optimal approach for peritoneal dialysis catheter placement. We aimed to compare the outcomes of percutaneous and surgical peritoneal dialysis catheter placement. A systematic review of the literature was performed using the MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and Scopus databases (end-of-search date: August 29th,...
Published in Journal of nephrology
Arterial stiffness is a risk factor for chronic kidney disease progression (CKD). Pulse pressure is a surrogate marker of arterial stiffness. It is unclear if pulse pressure predicts CKD progression in type 2 diabetes mellitus. This was prospective study involving 1494 patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 15 ml/min/1.73 m2. C...
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Pyelonephritis is the most common serious bacterial infection during childhood. The long-term importance of kidney scarring is unclear. To assess the risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in adolescents and young adults with history of pyelonephritis. A nationwide, population-based, historical cohort study, including 1,509,902 persons (62% male) ...
Published in Journal of nephrology
Mortality with rhabdomyolysis-associated acute kidney injury can be as high as 80%. Experimental data from mouse models of rhabdomyolysis showed that paracetamol reduces the expected increase in serum creatinine level. We aimed to assess the association between paracetamol use and the need for starting renal replacement therapy (RRT). We conducted ...
Published in Journal of nephrology
A considerable minority of patients on waiting lists for kidney transplantation either have no diagnosis (and fall into the subset of undiagnosed cases) because kidney biopsy was not performed or histological findings were non-specific, or do not fall into any well-defined clinical category. Some of these patients might be affected by a previously ...
Published in Journal of nephrology
Published in Journal of nephrology
Published in Journal of nephrology
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of catheter-based radiofrequency renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) in a daily practice population of patients with uncontrolled resistant hypertension, on top of medical therapy. Consecutive unselected patients with uncontrolled resistant hypertension undergoing RSD were enrolled. Office and ambulatory blood pr...
