Cohort study on immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated acute kidney injury: Incidence, risk factors, and management strategies.

Introduction: Case studies and retrospective chart reviews of health system data have demonstrated an increased risk of nephrotoxicity in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors compared to clinical trials. This study investigated the frequency, causes, and risk factors for acute kidney injury in a real-world, rural setting.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients who received at least one dose of a checkpoint inhibitor at a rural health system from May 2013 to February 2020 and who received at least one dose of a checkpoint inhibitor.

Reverse pseudohyperkalemia is more than leukocytosis: a retrospective study.

Background: Hyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening electrolyte abnormality that often requires urgent treatment. Clinicians should distinguish true hyperkalemia from pseudohyperkalemia and reverse pseudohyperkalemia (RPK). RPK has exclusively been described in case reports of patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs) and extreme leukocytosis [white blood cell (WBC) count >200 × 10/mL].

Patient-Centric User-Interface in Automated Peritoneal Dialysis: Impact on Training and Outcomes at a Single Center.

Background: AMIA cycler is a new automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) system, which was approved by FDA in 2015, which is more patient centric due to its features of voice guidance and touch screen. We retrospectively studied if these patient-centric features translated into better patient outcomes.

Methods: We compared 18 patients on AMIA cycler to 18 patients on conventional APD system.

Appearances are Deceptive: Staphylococcus Superinfection of Clavicular Tuberculous Osteomyelitis.

A man, aged 25 years, presented with pain, swelling, and drainage from the right clavicular area. He had a past history of abscess at the sternoclavicular joint. The cultures from the drainage site grew methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, and he was placed on appropriate antibiotics.