Renal arterial resistive index as a prognostic marker in lupus nephritis patients.

Introduction: Lupus nephritis (LN) is known to be one of the most serious complications of SLE and it is a major predictor of poor prognosis. Despite the improvement in understanding the pathophysiology of lupus nephritis and greater improvement in diagnostic approaches, lupus nephritis patients have poorer outcomes.

Objectives: Study the relation between renal resistive index (RRI) and renal function and histopathological parameters in lupus nephritis (LN) patients.

Late Presentation of Dyskeratosis Congenita: Germline Predisposition to Adult-Onset Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Classic dyskeratosis congenita is a hereditary disease where the majority of patients present with bone marrow failure and mucocutaneous changes: mainly skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy, oral premalignant leukoplakia, in addition to increased risk for malignancies. A 63-year-old man with a long history of untreated chronic pulmonary disease, a smoker in the past, presented initially with pancytopenia and a clinical diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts returned a month later with leukocytosis (WBC 215.9 × 10/μL) and diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with deletion of chromosome 7 and -TKD mutation.

Combined Blood Indexes of Systemic Inflammation as a Mirror to Admission to Intensive Care Unit in COVID-19 Patients: A Multicentric Study.

Background: The Coronavirus 2019 is a pandemic that has spread worldwide, threatening human health. The main cause of death in patients with COVID-19 is a systemic pro-inflammatory mechanism that quickly progresses to acute respiratory distress syndrome. Hematological ratios as affordable indicators of inflammatory response were studied in COVID-19 patients.