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Cureus
December 2024
Internal Medicine, Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, IND.
In this case, the message is conveyed that after ruling out sinister causes of hypotension, endocrine causes should also be considered, particularly in the light of a relatively long history, absence of any sepsis and organ dysfunction, preserved urine output, euvolemic status, and with no significant response to intravenous fluid. In our case, a patient with hypotension with relatively stable other clinical parameters has been evaluated to reveal pituitary macroadenoma as an underlying diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Gen Med
January 2025
Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410011, People's Republic of China.
Objective: We aimed to address the predictive value of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in elderly patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Methods: One hundred thirty-six patients who underwent PCI were separated into the CI-AKI group (n = 36) and the non-CI-AKI group (n = 100) based on CI-AKI occurrence after operation, and their general data were collected. Blood and urine specimens were collected before operation (at the time of admission) and 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after the operation and preserved for future use.
Clin Nephrol Case Stud
January 2025
Department of Medicine.
Minimal change disease (MCD) accounts for 10 - 15% of idiopathic nephrotic syndromes in adults. Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is rarely ascribed as a cause of MCD and was previously associated with interferon-based therapy. MCD in treatment-naïve chronic HCV infection is extremely rare, with only 3 cases reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKidney Int Rep
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK.
Introduction: Endothelin A (ETA) receptor activation is a driver of proteinuria, kidney inflammation, and fibrosis in IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Atrasentan, a selective ETA receptor antagonist, has potential to reduce proteinuria and preserve kidney function in IgAN. ALIGN (NCT04573478) is a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of atrasentan in patients with IgAN at high risk of kidney function loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKidney360
November 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Background: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and treatment-resistant minimal change disease (TR-MCD) are heterogeneous disorders with subgroups defined by distinct underlying mechanisms of glomerular and tubulointerstitial injury. A non-invasive urinary biomarker profile has been generated to identify patients with intra-kidney tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-activation and to predict response to anti-TNF treatment. We conducted this proof-of-concept, multi-center, open-label clinical trial to test the hypothesis that in patients with FSGS or TR-MCD and evidence of intra-renal TNF activation based on their biomarker profile, short-term treatment with adalimumab would reverse the elevated urinary excretion of MCP-1 and TIMP-1.
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