Publications by authors named "Rista E"
Article Synopsis
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious health issue that affects how the kidneys work and can cause problems with bones and minerals.
- A 74-year-old man with CKD had high levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcium, which made it hard to figure out whether his condition was caused by secondary hyperparathyroidism or something else.
- Doctors used advanced imaging to find a growth called a primary parathyroid adenoma and after surgery to remove it, his calcium and PTH levels returned to normal.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected patients with preexisting comorbidities, particularly dialysis patients. The aim of this study was to determine predictors of mortality in this population.
Methodology: We conducted an observational, retrospective, cohort study collecting data from pre and post-vaccine from the electronic medical records of a single dialysis center at Hygeia International Hospital Tirana, Albania.
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- Countries are focusing on vaccinating populations against COVID-19 to prevent severe disease, hospitalizations, and healthcare strain as new variants emerge.
- There is increasing evidence of rare side effects from COVID-19 vaccines, including IgA vasculitis, a condition characterized by visible skin symptoms and various systemic issues.
- A case study is presented involving a 72-year-old patient who developed IgA vasculitis symptoms two weeks after receiving the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, with lab results confirming the diagnosis as a potential vaccine-related side effect.
Primary hyperaldosteronism (PA) is one of the most common causes of secondary hypertension. PA may be associated with a decline in renal function. About 20% of cases with resistant HTN eventually cause PA, so all these patients should be evaluated for PA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPancreatitis in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: A five-year experience.
J Infect Dev Ctries
December 2017
Introduction: Pancreatitis is a rare complication of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). The causative agents of HFRS are hantaviruses, which belong to the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae. The purpose of this study was to evaluate cases of acute pancreatitis (AP) in patients with HFRS at the Service of Infectious Diseases, Tirana, Albania.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent borne zoonosis, caused by the members of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus. The main clinical features of the infection by this virus family are fever, thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury.
Objective: The aim of our study was to identify, for the first time, characteristic features of HFRS in the Albanian population.
SEVERE HYPOKALEMIA INDUCED RHABDOMYOLYSIS BY PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM COEXISTENT WITH RECURRENT BILATERAL RENAL CALCULI.
Acta Endocrinol (Buchar)
January 2017
Primary Hyperaldosteronism is one of the causes of secondary hypertension. Primary Hyperaldosteronism is characterised by an increase in the production of aldosterone and the inhibition of the secretion of renin. We described here a case with rhabdomyolysis and severe hypokalemia as a cause of primary hyperaldosteronism.
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