[Kidney Transplant in a Highly Sensitized Patient Treated with Imlifidase].

Through a clinical case, we will describe the difficulties associated with providing transplantation opportunities to highly immunized patients. We will therefore focus on new desensitization therapies and their pharmacological effects with the consequent improvement in clinical outcomes. The main desensitization strategies in use and the main future therapeutic prospects will also be discussed.

[Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Mushrooms: A Case Report of Amanita Echinocephala Ingestion].

Mushroom poisoning can represent an acute event which the clinical nephrologist must deal with and which often leads to the need for emergency dialysis treatment. Through the exposed clinical case, we describe the secondary clinical manifestations of an acute intoxication sustained by Amanita Echinocephalae, and we will provide an overview of the main fungal intoxications of renal interest, the clinical presentation, the diagnostic strategies, and the subsequent treatment.

[Rapidly progressive Alport syndrome in a young woman: case report].

Alport syndrome is a hereditary clinical condition characterized by multisystemic changes (sensorineural and ocular deafness) associated with hematuria and proteinuria. Due to its genetic variability and multiple symptoms, it is often diagnosed by chance and too late. The present work focuses on this pathology through a clinical case report.

Long-term follow-up of atherosclerotic renovascular disease. Beneficial effect of ACE inhibition.

Background: Patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease (ARVD) are almost invariably treated by revascularization. However, the long-term outcomes of this approach on survival and progression to renal failure have not been investigated and have not been compared with that of a purely medical treatment. The aim of this observational study was to investigate factors affecting long-term (over 5 years) outcome, survival and renal function of patients with ARVD treated invasively or medically.

Association between brain natriuretic peptide and extracellular water in hemodialysis patients.

Background: Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a hormone released by the left ventricle (LV) as a consequence of pressure or volume load. BNP increases in left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH), LV dysfunction, and it can also predict cardiovascular mortality in the general population as well as those undergoing hemodialysis (HD). We investigated the association between BNP and volume load in HD patients.

Association between extracellular water, left ventricular mass and hypertension in haemodialysis patients.

Background: Hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are present in the majority of patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD). These two pathologies persist after dialysis onset, and pharmacological therapy is often required for adequate control of blood pressure (BP). Although fluid overload is a determinant of hypertension, clinical assessment of this parameter remains difficult and unsatisfactory.