Publications by authors named "Maria Velez-Verbel"
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- Lupus nephritis is an immune-mediated kidney disease related to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), showing diverse effects across different populations, particularly in the Colombian Caribbean.
- In a study of 401 SLE patients, most were women with a median age of 42, 90% had proliferative kidney lesions, and over half did not respond to treatment, highlighting challenges in management.
- Key factors linked to poor outcomes included high initial proteinuria levels and elevated serum creatinine, emphasizing the need for personalized treatment strategies to enhance patient care and survival.
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- * A cross-sectional study involving 42 patients with biopsy-proven LN used tools like the Lupus Quality of Life (LupusQoL) and the Compliance Questionnaire in Rheumatology 19 (CQR19) to evaluate HRQoL and medication adherence, defining non-adherence as taking less than 80% of their prescribed medication.
- * Results showed that 60% of patients were
This paper describes the main characteristics of coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) patients suffering from acute kidney injury (AKI) assisted at a high complexity clinic in Barranquilla, Colombia. The patients included in this study (n = 48) were those with a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by polymerase chain reaction detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, who had developed AKI during their hospital stay. Serum and urine parameters, as well as patient's viral load and clinical frailty scale (CFS) were recorded.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This article describes the main differences between COVID-19-induced acute kidney injury (AKI-COVID19) in patients with previous normal renal function (AKI-NRF) and those with chronic kidney disease (AKI-CKD) treated in a high complexity clinic in Barranquilla (Colombia).
Material And Methods: The patients included in this study (n: 572) were those with a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by detection of a positive PCR for SARS-CoV-2. Of these patients, 188 developed AKI during their hospital stay.
Introduction: Making an early diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) is crucial. Classical biomarkers are not capable of early detection of AKI, but novel biomarkers that do have this capability are expensive and not universally available. This prospective study attempts to mitigate these limitations through the evaluation of daily urine analysis on patient admitted to a critical care unit in order to detect early AKI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAt the end of 2019, in Wuhan, China, the outbreak of a new coronavirus began and quickly spread throughout the world infecting and claiming thousands of lives. To date, certain comorbidities are known to be risk factors for unsatisfactory disease outcomes, but little has been reported regarding hemodialysis patients despite being a population at high risk of infection, complications, and death. Here we describe the clinical course, clinical manifestations and complications of COVID-19 in seven patients on permanent hemodialysis.
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