Severe Hypercalcemia Caused by Calcium-Alkali Syndrome after 15 Years of Postoperative Hypoparathyroidism in a Patient with Undiagnosed Hyperaldosteronism by Natália Diel Boufleuer, Dimitris V. Rados, Tatiana Zambonato, Clara K. Maraschin, Beatriz D. Schaan

“…After a period of loss to follow-up, he suddenly presents with severe hypercalcemia, metabolic alkalosis, and loss of renal function. …”
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Molecular Approach of Oxidative Stress and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Relationship of GSTM1 and GSTT1 Genes by Luana Vilches Cagnim Nuevo, Vânia Belintani Piatto, Luís Cesar Fava Spessoto

“…GSTM1/GSTT1-null individuals, due to the absence of gene expression, present loss of enzymatic activity of the respective GST enzymes, triggering failures in the detoxification process and the consequent development of numerous diseases resulting from oxidative damage such as infertility, chronic kidney disease, eryptosis, retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, periventricular leukomalacia, intraventricular hemorrhage. …”
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Enhancing frozen histological section images using permanent-section-guided deep learning with nuclei attention by Elad Yoshai, Gil Goldinger, Tatiana Kogan, Anna Zakharov, Miki Haifler, Natan T. Shaked

“…We achieve this through a segmented attention network, incorporating nuclei-segmented images during training and adding an additional loss function to refine the nuclei details in the generated permanent images. …”
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Nephron Sparing Surgery for Renal Angiomyolipoma with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus in Tuberous Sclerosis by Adrien Riviere, Thomas Bessede, Jean-Jacques Patard

“…Observation. a 74-year-old woman with TSC presented with an angiomyolipoma of the right kidney with inferior vena cava (IVC) fatty thrombus. …”
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Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Affect Disease Outcomes via Macrophage Polarization by Guoping Zheng, Menghua Ge, Guanguan Qiu, Qiang Shu, Jianguo Xu

“…MSCs regulate the proliferation, activation, and effector function of T lymphocytes, professional antigen presenting cells (dendritic cells, macrophages, and B lymphocytes), and NK cells via direct cell-to-cell contact or production of soluble factors including indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, prostaglandin E2, tumor necrosis factor-α stimulated gene/protein 6, nitric oxide, and IL-10. …”
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Emphysematous pyelonephritis: classification, management, and prognosis by Shu-Yu Wu, Stephen Shei-Dei Yang, Shang-Jen Chang, Chun-Kai Hsu

“…EPN is an acute necrotizing infection of the kidney, often associated with high rates of renal loss and mortality. …”
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Pregnancy-induced thrombotic thrombocytopoenic purpura (TTP) complicated by atypical posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and acute pancreatitis by Rithik Naik Korra, Nikhil Kumar Balagoni

“…Pregnancy is a known trigger for TTP because of increased von Willebrand factor levels and decreased ADAMTS13 activity.1 Distinguishing TTP from other pregnancy-related thrombotic microangiopathies, such as Haemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, Low Platelets (HELLP) syndrome and preeclampsia, is crucial for timely intervention.2 We present a case of a pregnant woman diagnosed with TTP complicated by posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), acute kidney injury (AKI) and acute pancreatitis. …”
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Could Some Geriatric Characteristics Hinder the Prescription of Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly? by Paule Denoël, Jacques Vanderstraeten, Pierre Mols, Thierry Pepersack

“…The following data was collected from patients presenting AF: medical history including treatment and comorbidities, CHADS2 score, ISAR scale (frailty), Lawton’s scale (ADL), GDS scale (mood status), MUST (nutrition), and blood analysis (INR, kidney function, and albumin). …”
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Edible Tagetes patula Flower and Its Flavanoid Patuletin: Pre-clinical Evidence of Selective Systemic Toxicity by Muhammad Kashif, Hazar Khan, Asma Khawer, Hafiz Syed Imran ul Haq, Muhammad Aitmaud Uddolah Khan, Mudassar Azhar, Shaheen Faizi, Ahsana Dar Farooq

“…Histological examination of the liver and kidney was also performed following hematoxylin and eosin staining. …”
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Long-Term Surveillance and Laparoscopic Management of Zinner Syndrome by Niall P. Kelly, Adrian Fuentes-Bonachera, William P. Shields, Ivor M. Cullen, Padraig J. Daly

“…A 58-year-old male patient was diagnosed with a left-sided seminal vesicle cyst while undergoing assessment for renal transplant due to progressively worsening renal function in his solitary right kidney. The otherwise asymptomatic cyst enlarged from the time of initial diagnosis in 2004 (11.3 cm×9.7 cm×13.1 cm) to nearly double the size in 2018 (12.8 cm×11.9 cm×14.2 cm). …”
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Slow virologic control but strong immune and metabolic recovery with dolutegravir-anchored therapy in an HIV cohort in Ghana by Mark Appeaning, Edwin Magomere, Alberta Mawulawoe Abotsi, Nana Ama Yeboaa Amoako, Kirk Elorm Kouffie, Becky Ewurama Tetteh, Bridget Nana Darkoa Quist, Christèle Nguepou Tchopba, Gloria Akosua Ansa, Evelyn Yayra Bonney, Peter Kojo Quashie

“…Laboratory analyses included viral load, CD4 and CD8 counts, co-infection screening (hepatitis B/C, syphilis), liver and kidney function tests, haemoglobin estimation, and HIV-1/2 typing. …”
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Near-infrared spectroscopy to monitor cerebral and renal oxygen saturation during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery for paediatric congenital heart disease: study protocol for a prosp... by Fang Wang, Jianmin Zhang, Lei Hua, Xiaoxue Wang, Zhengzheng Gao, Lijing Li, Zhangke Guo

“…Emerging evidence suggests that the use of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technology to continuously monitor the regional oxygen saturation (rSO₂) of intraoperative organs can predict the postoperative organ functional status. This study aims to investigate the associations between intraoperative cerebral/renal rSO₂ fluctuations monitored by NIRS and postoperative neurological injury or acute kidney injury (AKI) in paediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) surgery.Methods and analysis In this prospective observational cohort study, patients ≤18 years, scheduled for CHD surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), will be enrolled after obtaining written informed consent. …”
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FIRST EXPERIENCE IN SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF EVEROLIMUS IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION FROM EXPANDED CRITERIA DONORS IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION by I. V. Uliyankina, A. E. Skvortsov, A. N. Ananiev, A. A. Kutenkov, D. O. Kuzmin, V. S. Daineko, D. V. Gogolev, O. N. Reznik

“…Introduction. Kidney transplant (KTx) with reduced functional reserve is more sensitive to the toxic effects of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI). …”
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Cardiovascular and renal comorbidities among saudi patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional observational study. by Syed Irfan Karim, Kamran Sattar, Tauseef Ahmad, Mustafa Kamal Memon, Abdulfattah S Alqahtani, Abdulrahman M Alsubiheen, Fahad Abdulaziz Alrashed

“…These encompassed variables such as age, gender, race, smoking status, residential location, duration of T2DM, most recent HbA1c, blood pressure, lipid levels, kidney function, and most recent weight/body mass index (BMI).…”
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Systemic Chronic Inflammation: Integrative Strategies for Health Improvement and Prevention of Inflammatory Receptor Overexpression by Abraham Puga-Olguín, María Fernanda Hernández-Hernández, Rafael Fernández-Demeneghi, Carlos Iván López-Miranda, Luis Ángel Flores-Aguilar

“…The body’s physiology during physical injuries and diseases depends heavily on the function of acute inflammation. On the other hand, many variables, including iatrogenic, immune system deficiencies, lifestyle, and social and environmental factors, are significant in developing systemic chronic inflammation (SCI). …”
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Efficacy of direct oral anticoagulant for renal infarction due to pulmonary vein stump thrombosis after left pneumonectomy by Yoshihito Iijima, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono, Hidetaka Uramoto

“…Case presentation A 73-year-old man was diagnosed with squamous cell lung cancer (cT1miN0M0 stage IA1). …”
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Acute Systolic Heart Failure Associated with Complement-Mediated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome by John L. Vaughn, Jared M. Moore, Spero R. Cataland

“…We report the case of a 49-year-old female with no history of heart disease who presented with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. …”
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A novel region based neighbors searching classification algorithm for big data by Rajib Kumar Halder, Mohammed Nasir Uddin, Md Ashraf Uddin

“…RNSCA leverages dynamic, region-based partitioning for more focused and efficient neighbor searches and incorporates a weighted activation function to prioritize the most relevant data points during classification. …”
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Effect of Dissostis Rotundofolia Stem Extract Consumption on Some Biochemical Parameters and Hepato- Renal Organs in Healthy Albino Rats. by Ilegbedion Ikhide Godwin *, Egoro Tombra Emmanuel, Beredugo Sylvanus, Chukwuedo Judith Nkechi

“…The results obtained from the experiment for glucose and triglyceride are presented statistically. We observed that there were improvements in liver and kidney function, as evidenced by reduced levels of aspartate aminotransferase and glutamate pyruvate transaminase. …”
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Resveratrol ameliorates high glucose and high-fat/sucrose diet-induced vascular hyperpermeability involving Cav-1/eNOS regulation. by Xiao Lin Peng, Wei Qu, Lin Zhi Wang, Bin Qing Huang, Chen Jiang Ying, Xiu Fa Sun, Li Ping Hao

“…Resveratrol (Res) is considered to be beneficial in protecting endothelial function. However, currently, the exact protective effect and involved mechanisms of Res on endothelial dysfunction-hyperpermeability have not been completely clarified. …”
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