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Kidney Int
February 2025
Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Division of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, UCLouvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address:
The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation, Management, and Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) represents the first KDIGO guideline on this subject. Its scope includes nomenclature, diagnosis, prognosis, and prevalence; kidney manifestations; chronic kidney disease (CKD) management and progression, kidney failure, and kidney replacement therapy; therapies to delay progression of kidney disease; polycystic liver disease; intracranial aneurysms and other extrarenal manifestations; lifestyle and psychosocial aspects; pregnancy and reproductive issues; pediatric issues; and approaches to the management of people with ADPKD. The guideline has been developed with patient partners, clinicians, and researchers around the world, with the goal to generate a useful resource for healthcare providers and patients by providing actionable recommendations.
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January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Uganda Martyrs University, Mother Kevin Postgraduate Medical School, Nsambya Campus, Kampala, Uganda.
Objective: There is a dearth of published data on the vitamin D status of the Ugandan population; the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women in Uganda and its associations with maternal characteristics and adverse foetal-maternal outcomes.
Study Design And Setting: We conducted a cross-sectional study on pregnant women admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Kampala, Uganda for delivery during the study period from July to December 2023.
Participants: The study was conducted on 351 pregnant women aged ≥18 years who consented to participate in the study, who had a single intrauterine pregnancy and a gestational age greater than 26 weeks, and who delivered at St.
Am J Cardiovasc Dis
December 2024
J.B. Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Cnergy It Park, Unit A, Appasaheb Marathe Marg, Century Bazaar, Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400025, India.
Calcium channel antagonists, specifically long-acting nifedipine formulations, play a crucial role in treating hypertension and angina. Originally used for angina, nifedipine has been widely employed as an antihypertensive medication for over 40 years. It offers rapid action and oral bioavailability with minimal maternal or fetal side effects, making it suitable for treating hypertensive crises during pregnancy.
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January 2025
Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Psoriasis in pregnancy is associated with adverse maternal outcomes. However, there are limited data on this subject.
Objectives: The purpose of our study was to investigate the association between psoriasis and related cardiovascular complications during delivery.
Biol Reprod
January 2025
Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
The creatine (Cr) biosynthesis pathway buffers ATP in metabolically active tissues. We investigated whether sex of fetus and day of gestation influence Cr in endometrial and conceptus tissues from gilts on Days 60 and Day 90 (n = 6 gilts/day) of gestation. Uterine and conceptus tissues associated with one male and one female fetus from each gilt were analyzed for creatine, mRNAs, and proteins for Cr biosynthesis.
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