The Effectiveness of Topical Cerium Nitrate-Silver Sulfadiazine Application on Overall Outcome in Patients with Calciphylaxis.

Background: Calciphylaxis (CPX) is a rare and life-threatening disease characterized by vascular calcification and development of painful and necrotizing skin lesions with a challenging management. Mechanisms of CPX are complex and include an imbalance between vascular calcification promoters and inhibitors, and frequently vitamin K deficiency.

Objectives: To describe the various presentations and identify predictive factors of death in patients with CPX.

Incidence and outcome of lupus nephritis in French Polynesia .

Objective: Outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN) are highly heterogeneous among some populations because of interactions between genetic, epigenetic, environmental, and socioeconomic factors. A better characterization of social and ethnic disparities in mixed populations may thus help to develop individualized treatment regimens.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective observational study including all patients with LN diagnosed between January 1993 and January 2014 in the only Nephrology Department of French Polynesia.

[Infectious complications rate from hemodialysis catheters: experience from the French Polynesia].

The arterio-venous fistula (AVF) is the most common vascular access to perform hemodialysis (HD). The HD venous central catheter use should only be proposed to old patients and/or patients without vascular access construction feasibility. These HD catheters are often responsible of infectious and thrombosis complications.