Pre-existing oncohematological disease in kidney transplant recipients: impact on graft survival, acute rejection, and long-term clinical outcomes by Alberto Mella, Alberto Mella, Roberta Clari, Roberta Clari, Valeria Deiana, Valeria Deiana, Roberta Giraudi, Roberta Giraudi, Gloria Giovinazzo, Gloria Giovinazzo, Ester Gallo, Ester Gallo, Caterina Dolla, Caterina Dolla, Antonio Lavacca, Antonio Lavacca, Ana Maria Manzione, Ana Maria Manzione, Fabrizio Fop, Fabrizio Fop, Anna Allesina, Anna Allesina, Federica Cavallo, Sara Bringhen, Dario Ferrero, Roberto Mina, Corrado Tarella, Corrado Tarella, Benedetto Bruno, Filippo Mariano, Filippo Mariano, Luigi Biancone, Luigi Biancone

“…IntroductionOncohematological disorders are heterogeneous conditions that present significant challenges in management prior to transplantation. …”
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Organ preservation treatment of locally advanced cancer of the laryngopharynx using regional intra-arterial chemotherapy in a patient with solitary kidney by A. A. Akhundov, A. М. Mudunov, B. I. Dolgushin, М. N. Narimanov, D. A. Safarov, I. A. Trofimo, I. M. Gelfand, V. Z. Dobrokhotova, Chen Hui

“…The alternative to systemic chemotherapy is infusion of high doses of chemotherapy drugs directly into a vessel supplying the tumor through a microcatheter.The study objective is to present a clinical case of using intra-arterial chemotherapy for treatment of locally advanced laryngopharyngeal cancer in a patient with a solitary functioning kidney. …”
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Biopsy-Proven T-Cell Mediated Rejection After Belatacept Rescue Conversion: A Multicenter Retrospective Study by Dominique Bertrand, Nathalie Chavarot, Jérôme Olagne, Clarisse Greze, Philippe Gatault, Clément Danthu, Charlotte Colosio, Maïté Jaureguy, Agnès Duveau, Nicolas Bouvier, Yannick Le Meur, Léonard Golbin, Eric Thervet, Antoine Thierry, Arnaud François, Charlotte Laurent, Mathilde Lemoine, Dany Anglicheau, Dominique Guerrot

“…After kidney transplantation, conversion to belatacept is a promising alternative in patients with poor graft function or intolerance to calcineurin inhibitors. …”
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Quercetin as a potential treatment for COVID-19-induced acute kidney injury: Based on network pharmacology and molecular docking study. by Yue-Yu Gu, Min Zhang, Huan Cen, Yi-Fan Wu, Zhaoyu Lu, Fuhua Lu, Xu-Sheng Liu, Hui-Yao Lan

“…Kidneys are one of the targets for SARS-CoV-2, it is reported that up to 36% of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection would develop into acute kidney injury (AKI). …”
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Light Microscopic Study of Renal Morphological Alterations in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Stancho Stanchev, Alexandar Iliev, Lina Malinova, Boycho Landzhov, Georgi Kotov, Dimka Hinova-Palova

“…The impact of hypertension on the kidney is associated with a number of morphological changes, which gradually lead to development of end-stage kidney disease. …”
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Histological Effects of Aqueous Extract of Carica papaya Seed on the Renal Tissue in Adult Wistar Rats by Ekundina, V.O.* , Ebeye, O.A. and Odigie, B.O.

“…Papaya is the fruit of the plant carica papaya and the sole specie in the genus carica of the caricacae family. The present study is designed to access the Histo-morphological changes on the kidney in adult Wistar rat exposed to oral administration of the aqueous extract. …”
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Management of immune-mediated glomerular diseases in the elderly by Andrea Angioi, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Nicola Lepori

“…Comorbidity management, regular monitoring of kidney function, and a patient-centered approach are crucial for improving outcomes and quality of life. …”
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Prevalence, correlative and statistical relationships of renal dysfunction in patients with chronic ischemic heart failure by D. A. Lashkul

“…According multicenter studies conducted during recent years, coronary heart disease was the leading cause of heart failure and has been on average 64% of patients with chronic heart failure. The tight functional relationship of cardiovascular and urinary system causes a lot of interest to the functional state of kidneys in various cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Giant non-functioning adrenocortical carcinoma: A rare childhood tumor by Patel Viral, Shah Diva, Raychaudhari Chandra, Patel Keyuri

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Multiple gigantic renal cysts by Živković Slađana, Pavlović Svetlana, Ćirić Slobodan

“…Although renal cystic lesions are frequent in adult population, this is a rare example of a young adult man with simple, gigantic, serous cysts which do not produce clinical manifestations nor functional renal difficulty so far.…”
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Clinical outcomes after emergency transarterial renal embolization: a retrospective study by Rémi Grange, Nicolas Magand, Noémie Lutz, Julien Lanoiselee, Stéphanie Leroy, Claire Boutet, Sylvain Grange

“…Clinical success was defined as the resolution of bleeding signs without the need for repeat TAE, surgery, death related to massive blood loss during this period, without functional impairment (> 50% of parenchyma volume or onset of chronic kidney disease) following TAE. …”
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Skeletal Myoblast Cells Enhance the Function of Transplanted Islets in Diabetic Mice by Takeshi Kado, Yoshito Tomimaru, Shogo Kobayashi, Akima Harada, Kazuki Sasaki, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Takehiro Noda, Hidenori Takahashi, Shunbun Kita, Iichiro Shimomura, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yuichiro Doki, Hidetoshi Eguchi

“…To verify these findings in vivo, we transplanted islets alone or with myoblast cells under the kidney capsule of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. …”
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Management of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma as Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report by Salem Alshemmari, Abdulaziz Hamadah, Samar Ousia, Rasha Abdel Tawab Hamed, Hany Zaky

“…Managing PTLD requires a balance between reducing immunosuppression and preventing graft rejection. <b>Case Presentation</b>: A 41-year-old female kidney transplant recipient developed PTLD eight years post-transplant, presenting with a right submandibular mass. …”
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Clinical Phenotypes and Age-Related Differences in Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Vietnamese Multicenter Research by Ngoc-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Diep Tuan Tran, Pham Le An, Sy Van Hoang, Hoai-An Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc Chau

“…The novel phenotype “younger/AF/VHD” exhibited high symptom burden and poor functional capacity despite being the youngest and least multimorbid. …”
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Long-Term Therapeutic Plasma Exchange to Prevent End-Stage Kidney Disease in Adult Severe Resistant Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Nephritis by Patrick Hamilton, Olumide Ogundare, Ammar Raza, Arvind Ponnusamy, Julie Gorton, Hana Alachkar, Jamil Choudhury, Jonathan Barratt, Philip A. Kalra

“…Kidney biopsy showed crescentic Henoch-Schonlein nephritis. …”
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BioImpedance Spectroscopy to maintain Renal Output: the BISTRO randomised controlled trial by Simon J Davies, David Coyle, Elizabeth Lindley, David Keane, John Belcher, Fergus Caskey, Indranil Dasgupta, Andrew Davenport, Ken Farrington, Sandip Mitra, Paula Ormandy, Martin Wilkie, Jamie MacDonald, Mandana Zanganeh, Lazaros Andronis, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Julius Sim

“…Background Fluid removal is a key component of dialysis treatment but, if excessive, can result in a faster decline in residual kidney function. Prescribing the optimal removal of fluid on dialysis to avoid this is therefore important. …”
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Potential of carbon dioxide angiography in the treatment of critical renal artery lesions in a patient with chronic kidney disease: a case report by D. K. Vasiliev, N. A. Arablinsky, F. B. Shukurov, D. A. Feshchenko, M. T. Taliuridze, A. S. Shanoyan, N. P. Fedotova

“…The use of minimally invasive surgery, in particular endovascular renal artery revascularization, can improve excretory renal function and delay the need for renal replacement therapy. …”
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Optimising transitions of care for acute kidney injury survivors: protocol for a mixed-methods study of nephrologist and primary care provider recommendations by Rozalina Grubina McCoy, Kianoush B Kashani, Joan M Griffin, Heather Personett May, Abby K Krauter, Dawn M Finnie, Erin F Barreto

“…Key participants include nephrologists and primary care providers and in-depth study of each specialty’s approach to post-AKI care is essential to optimise care processes and healthcare delivery for AKI survivors.Methods and analysis This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study uses survey and interview methodology to assess nephrologist and primary care provider recommendations for post-AKI care, including KAMPS (kidney function assessment, awareness and education, medication review, blood pressure monitoring and sick day education) elements of follow-up, the role of multispecialty collaboration, and views on care process-specific and patient-specific factors influencing healthcare delivery. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Northwest Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 by Anteneh Hunegnaw, Habtamu Sewunet Mekonnen, Masresha Asmare Techane, Chilot Desta Agegnehu

“…Background. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive loss of the kidney function which leads to a decreased kidneys’ ability to process waste in the blood and it affects the other important functions of the kidney. …”
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Urinary Extracellular Vesicle Analysis Reveals Early Signs of Kidney Inflammation and Damage in Single Ventricle Paediatric Patients After Fontan Operation by Grange C, Deorsola L, Degiovanni B, Tomanin D, Prudente D, Peruzzi L, Pace Napoleone C, Bussolati B

“…Our study aimed to characterize uEVs in children with single ventricle heart defects who underwent Fontan surgery, focusing on markers for monitoring and predicting kidney function, to get physio-pathological insights on possible mechanisms of tissue damage and progression.Methods: We isolated uEVs from urine of 60 paediatric patients affected by single ventricle defects, and from 10 healthy subjects. …”
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