Aluminum overload in the reverse osmosis dialysis era: does it exist?

Background: Aluminum accumulation is a well-described complication in dialysis patients. Improvements in hemodialysis technology have possibly eliminated the occurrence of aluminum overload. Limited evidence suggests that aluminum overload may decline in the era of aluminum removal from dialysis fluids, even with the use of aluminum binders.

Incidental finding of situs ambiguus in a middle-aged woman.

Situs ambiguus is a rare congenital abnormality with outcomes ranging from asymptomatic to fatal. Here we present a woman with an incidental finding of situs ambiguus hinted by her chest radiograph. This case highlights the importance of actively seeking diagnosis when right sub-diaphragmic air is noted when viewing a chest radiograph.

Investigation of clinical predictors of survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients: A cohort study in Taiwan.

Background: Two antifibrotic medications, pirfenidone and nintedanib, have been approved as treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)-a life-threatening interstitial lung disease. However, there are insufficient current data regarding clinical predictors of survival for patients with IPF in the era of antifibrotics.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients with IPF treated between April 2017 and May 2020.

Vegetarian diet in dialysis patients: A significant gap between actual intake and current nutritional recommendations.

Nutritional status is a predictor of mortality and morbidity in dialysis patients. This study aimed to assess dietary behaviors in dialysis patients compared to the recommendations of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative.Ninety five dialysis patients recruited from a hospital completed a 24-hour dietary recall questionnaire.

Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma Patient with Amplification Identified by Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Benefits from Trastuzumab.

For non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients without established actionable alterations in genes such as or , options for targeted therapy remain limited in clinical practice. About 5% of lung adenocarcinoma patients have tumors with genetic alterations, with even fewer patients harboring amplification. Currently, clinical trials mainly use IHC, FISH, or mutation testing to identify potential responders to ERBB2-targeting agents.

Green Fabrication of Supported Platinum Nanoparticles by Supercritical CO₂ Deposition.

Pt nanoparticles were successfully deposited on uncatalyzed carbon paper by the supercritical CO₂ deposition (SCD) method using platinum (II) acetylacetonate as a precursor followed by thermal conversion. A full 2⁴ factorial design (four factors, each with two levels) was used to investigate the main effect of four factors (deposition temperature, deposition time, reduction temperature, and reduction time) and the interaction effects between them. The morphological structures and surface properties of the Pt/carbon paper composite were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM)/energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analyzer (EDS), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM).

Potential Role of Vegetarianism on Nutritional and Cardiovascular Status in Taiwanese Dialysis Patients: A Case-Control Study.

Background & Objectives: Cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death for patients on chronic dialysis. End stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis imposed to reduce phosphorus intake, which likely contributes to development of vegetarian diet behaviors. Vegetarian diets are often lower in protein content, in contradiction to the recommendation that a high protein diet is followed by patients undergoing dialysis.

Calpains mediate the proteolytic modification of human cytomegalovirus UL112-113 proteins.

The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL112-113 gene is implicated in lytic viral replication. The UL112-113 proteins p34, p43, p50 and p84 are expressed via alternative splicing. However, the mechanism for the generation of three additional virus-associated proteins (p20, p26 and p28), which share the UL112 reading frame, remains unknown.

The chemical and biological characteristics of coke-oven wastewater by ozonation.

A bench-scale bubble column reactor was used to investigate the biological and chemical characteristics of coke-oven wastewater after ozonation treatment through the examination of selected parameters. Color and thiocyanate could be removed almost entirely; however, organic matter and cyanide could not, due to the inadequate oxidation ability of ozone to remove ozonated byproducts under given experimental conditions. The removal of cyanide and total organic carbon were pH-dependent and were found to be efficient under neutral to alkaline conditions.

The decolorization and mineralization of acid orange 6 azo dye in aqueous solution by advanced oxidation processes: a comparative study.

The comparison of different advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), i.e. ultraviolet (UV)/TiO(2), O(3), O(3)/UV, O(3)/UV/TiO(2), Fenton and electrocoagulation (EC), is of interest to determine the best removal performance for the destruction of the target compound in an Acid Orange 6 (AO6) solution, exploring the most efficient experimental conditions as well; on the other hand, the results may provide baseline information of the combination of different AOPs in treating industrial wastewater.