Nephrotic syndrome and abdominal arterial bruits in a young hypertensive patient: a case report.

We report the case of a 34-year-old black African hypertensive woman who presented with nephrotic proteinuria, mild renal failure and abdominal bruits on physical examination. The renal Doppler ultrasound revealed bilateral artery stenosis. Thoracoabdominal aortic nuclear magnetic resonance showed a restriction of proximal descending aorta with post-stenotic spindle dilation while abdominal aorta and iliac vessels appeared diffusely stenotic with atherosclerotic plaques and infrequent spindle dilations and right ostial renal artery stenosis.

Cytokine removal under hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion in acute kidney injury secondary to angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: a case report.

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma shows a high release of cytokines. Different blood purification techniques are employed to control hypercytokinemia. Here we investigated the effects of intermittent supra-hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion on cytokine removal in a patient presenting with acute kidney injury.

[Treatment of electrolyte disorders by hemodialysis].

Electrolyte disorders may constitute a life-threatening emergency. Sometimes they can be treated with medical therapy but there are cases where emergency dialysis will be necessary. An important role is played by the dialysate (including different concentrations of electrolytes), which removes uremic toxins and balances the electrolyte disorders in patients with end-stage renal disease.

Renal resistive index and long-term outcome in chronic nephropathies.

Purpose: To assess the clinical validity of renal resistive index (RI) to determine prognosis and guide therapy over a long-term follow-up in patients with chronic nephropathies and to verify the commonly used threshold value of 0.70.

Materials And Methods: Of patients referred to the nephrology center since 1995, 177 were initially enrolled and 86 were followed up for RI and renal function annually for 2-11 years (mean, 5.

The Italian Registry for Therapeutic Apheresis. A report from the Apheresis Study Group of the Italian Society of Nephrology.

Many clinical indications and different technical issues have been reported on therapeutic apheresis: much criticism has also been recorded in several instances, mainly due to the lack of large clinical trials to validate collected data. A Registry where all the available data can be organized and analyzed therefore becomes a priority for all the professionals involved in apheresis. The purpose of this report is to describe the data submitted from 1994 to 2004 from 15,285 treatments on 1,477 patients from 44 Centers, including mainly, but not exclusively, Nephrological Units, collected by the Apheresis Study Group of the Italian Society of Nephrology in 15 Italian regions.