Acute Kidney Injury Due to Obstetric Complications.

Objective: To evaluate the factors, causes, and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) among pregnant females admitted to a tertiary care hospital.

Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Nephrology, Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, from April to October 2022.

Innovative way to break the stone: Master lithoclast for bilateral simultaneous Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of Master Lithoclast, also known as trilogy lithoclast, in simultaneous bilateral Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL). The study was a prospective case series, involving 40 patients undergoing bilateral simultaneous PCNL, with 20 (50%) males and 20 (50%) females. The mean age of subjects was 32.

Assessment of quality of life determinants in hemodialysis patients of a developing country: A cross-sectional study during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Background And Objectives: Patients of end-stage renal disease are prone to have a very low quality of life (QoL). Variety of factors influence the QoL among sufferers of chronic kidney disease comprising of type of dialysis, sufficiency/adequacy of dialysis, and associated burden of disease. We conducted this study amidst the pandemic to determine the associated factors for poor QoL in hemodialysis patients during the ongoing pandemic.