Publications by authors named "Meriem Ben Salem"
The Clinical Features and Outcomes of Renal Amyloidosis in Tunisia.
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl
November 2023
Article Synopsis
- Systemic amyloidosis is a rare disease heavily affecting the kidneys, with a study analyzing 40 cases over 10 years to identify prognostic factors of renal amyloidosis (RA).
- The study found that the most prevalent type was Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis, often linked to chronic infections, while Amyloid light chain amyloidosis mainly associated with multiple myeloma.
- Key findings indicated that age and other organ involvement were significant predictors of mortality, and although the average patient survival was 59 months, kidney survival was notably shorter at 12 months.
Introduction: peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy method that offers various advantages to end-stage renal disease patients. The aim of our study was to analyze patient characteristics, peritonitis and clinical outcome over a 27-year period of PD in our center.
Methods: retrospective study of incident patients on PD from January 1990 to December 2017.
Hemophagocytic syndrome is a disorder of the mononuclear phagocytic system resulting in uncontrolled hemophagocytosis and cytokine overproduction. We report the first case of hemophagocytic syndrome, which occurred in a pregnantfemale patient 14 years after kidney transplant who displayed an atypical presentation and who had septic shock following cytomegalovirus infection. The patient, a-39-year-old woman at 27 weeks gestation with end-stage renal disease of unknown etiology, was admitted 14 years after living-donor kidney transplant (donor was her father) with high-grade fever, cough, and pancytopenia.
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