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The relationship between renal warm ischemia time and glomerular loss. An experimental study in a pig model

Acta cir. bras; 32 (5), 2017
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the glomerular number after different warm ischemia times. Methods: Thirty two pigs were assigned into four groups. Three groups (G10, G20, and G30) were treated with 10, 20, and 30 minutes of left renal warm ischemia. The sham group underwent the same surgery without r...

The effect of tadalafil therapy on kidney damage caused by sepsis in a polymicrobial septic model induced in rats: a biochemical and histopathological study

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction Sepsis is an inflammatory reaction to bacteria involving the whole body and is a significant cause of mortality and economic costs. The purpose of this research was to determine whether tadalafil exhibits a preventive effect on sepsis in a septic model induced in rats with cecal l...

Hemoglobin A1c Levels Predicts Acute Kidney Injury after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Non-Diabetic Patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Elevated hemoglobin A1c levels in patients with diabetes mellitus have been known as a risk factor for acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass grafting. However, the relationship between hemoglobin A1c levels in non-diabetics and acute kidney injury is under debate. We a...

Marcadores de formación y resorción ósea y su utilidad para determinar el final del periodo de aposición ósea
Bone formation and resorption markers to evaluate the end of bone apposition

Actual. osteol; 13 (1), 2017
El pico de masa ósea (PMO) se alcanza entre los 20 y 35 años, pero la aposición ósea continúa hasta alcanzar el pico de fortaleza ósea (PFO). Se crea así una ventana entre ambos picos que podría ser evaluada mediante marcadores bioquímicos de recambio óseo, ya que durante dicho período la dens...

Hipercalcemia hipocalciurica familiar en una paciente con mutación del receptor de calcio: forma atípica de presentación y tratamiento con cinacalcet
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia in a patient with calcium-sensing receptor mutation: atypical clinical presentation and treatment with cinacalcet

Actual. osteol; 13 (1), 2017
El hiperparatiroidismo familiar y la hipercalcemia hipocalciúrica familiar (HHF) constituyen un subgrupo heterogéneo de trastornos con herencia mendeliana, que representan en conjunto el 5% de las causas de hipercalcemia PTH dependiente. La HHF se asocia con mutaciones del gen del receptor sensor de ca...

Prognostic Factors in Severe Chagasic Heart Failure

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (3), 2017
Abstract Background: Prognostic factors are extensively studied in heart failure; however, their role in severe Chagasic heart failure have not been established. Objectives: To identify the association of clinical and laboratory factors with the prognosis of severe Chagasic heart failure, as well as th...

Effects of hypertonic saline solution associated to remote ischemic perconditioning in kidney ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats

Acta cir. bras; 32 (3), 2017
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effects of hypertonic saline solution associated to remote ischemic perconditioning in renal ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. Methods: Twenty five male rats (Wistar) underwent right nephrectomy and were distributed into five groups: Sham group (S); Ischemia/Reperfu...

Observational Cohort Study of Hepatic Encephalopathy After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)

Ann. hepatol; 16 (1), 2017
Abstract: Introduction and aim. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a common complication of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting (TIPS). It is associated with a reduced quality of life and poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to compare two groups of patients who did and did not develop ov...

Función renal y nivel plasmático de dabigatrán en el valle, medido por un ensayo de trombina diluida
Renal function and plasma dabigatran level measured at trough by diluted thrombin time assay

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (1), 2017
El dabigatrán etexilato (inhibidor directo de trombina) es eficaz en la prevención tromboembólica en pacientes con fibrilación auricular. No requiere control rutinario de laboratorio, pero dada su eliminación renal, sería importante medirlo ante el deterioro de la función renal. Los objetivos del ...

Therapy of tacrolimus combined with corticosteroids in idiopathic membranous nephropathy

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (4), 2017
We evaluated the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus (TAC) combined with corticosteroids in treating patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). One hundred seventy-seven biopsy-proven IMN patients were recruited in this retrospective clinical study. Sixty patients received TAC (target blood con...