Acquired disorders of phosphaturia: Beyond tumor-induced osteomalacia.

Phosphate is an integral part of human cellular structure and function. Though most recognised disorders of phosphaturia are genetic in origin, phosphate loss due to acquired conditions is commonly encountered in clinical practice. Acquired hypophosphatemia is most commonly due to renal phosphate wasting and can produce significant morbidity.

Clinical Course and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Introduction: Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed to explore the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in KTR.

Methods: We reviewed the clinical profile, outcomes, and immunological responses of recipients admitted with COVID-19.

Recovery of kidney function after AKI because of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients.

Evidence on the evolution of graft function in kidney transplant recipients recovering from coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is lacking. This multicenter observational study evaluated the short-term clinical outcomes in recipients with acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to COVID-19. Out of 452 recipients following up at five centers, 50 had AKI secondary to COVID-19.

Subcutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by Fusarium in a kidney transplant recipient.

Fusarium is a filamentous opportunistic pathogenic fungus responsible for superficial as well as invasive infection in immunocompromized hosts. Net state of immunosuppression and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection appear to predispose to this disease which is life-threatening when disseminated. Though infections with Fusarium have been widely described in hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplant cases, they have been reported to be rare in solid organ transplant recipients, are often localized and carry a favorable prognosis.

Minimal-change disease in adolescents and adults: epidemiology and therapeutic response.

Background: Epidemiology of minimal-change disease (MCD) in adults differs from that in children and is not studied well in Indian population.

Methods: We retrospectively studied the records of 61 adult patients with MCD to assess clinical, laboratory and histopathological features, and to evaluate the response to treatment, course and complications of the disease and therapy.

Results: The male to female ratio was 1.

Earlier-start versus usual-start dialysis in patients with community-acquired acute kidney injury: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Optimum timing of the initiation of dialysis therapy in acute kidney injury is not clear.

Study Design: Prospective, open label, 2-arm, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting & Participants: 208 adults with acute kidney injury with progressively worsening azotemia at the artificial kidney dialysis unit of a tertiary-care referral center in western India.

Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy versus open donor nephrectomy: recipient's perspective.

Effects of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) on graft function, especially early post-transplant, have been controversial. To assess and compare early and late graft function in kidneys procured by open and laparoscopic methods, a retrospective observational study was carried out on 37 recipients-donors who underwent LDN after introduction of this technique in February 2007 at our center, a tertiary care nephrology referral center. Demographic, immunological and intraoperative variables as well as immunosuppressive protocols and number of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatches were noted.