Publications by authors named "Francisco Rasiah Ladchumananandasivam"
Minimal Change Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Are Associated with Good Kidney Prognosis and Thrombotic Microangiopathy with Poor Kidney Survival in Patients with COVID-19-Associated Nephropathies.
Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves Stanley Almeida Araújo David Campos Wanderley Andressa Monteiro Sodré Marcos Adriano Garcia Campos Francisco Rasiah Ladchumananandasivam
Am J Nephrol
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- * Among 94 patients, most were male and half had a history of hypertension; commonly observed kidney issues included collapsing glomerulopathy (CG), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), and thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA).
- * Results indicated that FSGS and minimal change disease (MCD) were linked to better kidney survival compared to TMA, underscoring differences in kidney complications resulting from COVID-19 within this patient group.
Article Synopsis
- Collapsing glomerulopathy (CG) is classified as a subtype of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, marked by glomerulus collapse and increased podocyte activity.
- Recent studies indicate a higher prevalence of CG in populations of African descent, highlighting significant health disparities.
- Key risk factors for CG include genetic mutations and infections like HIV and COVID-19, leading to severe symptoms and poorer outcomes compared to other FSGS subtypes.
Brazilian Consortium for the Study on Renal Diseases Associated With COVID-19: A Multicentric Effort to Understand SARS-CoV-2-Related Nephropathy.
Antonio Augusto Lima Teixeira Júnior Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves Joyce Santos Lages Kaile de Araújo Cunha Monique Pereira Rêgo Muniz Francisco Rasiah Ladchumananandasivam
Front Med (Lausanne)
October 2020
Kidney involvement appears to be frequent in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Despite this, information concerning renal involvement in COVID-19 is still scarce. Several mechanisms appear to be involved in the complex relationship between the virus and the kidney.
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