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Living Well With Kidney Disease by Patient and Care-Partner Empowerment: Kidney Health for Everyone EverywhereLiving with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with hardships for patients and their care-partners. Empowering patients and their care-partners, including family members or friends involved in their care, may help minimize the burden and consequences of CKD-related symptoms to enable life participation.
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Management of Ureteric Avulsion During Ureteroscopy: Our Experience in A Case SeriesUreterorenoscopy (URS) is usually a safe procedure without any complications. Ureteric avulsion is the most dreaded complication of URS. Most urologists do not have experience in management of ureteric avulsion injuries. Inappropriate management can lead to nephrectomy.
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Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere: From Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to CareThe global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rapidly increasing with a projection of becoming the fifth most common cause of years of life lost globally by 2040. Aggravatingly, CKD is a major cause of catastrophic health expenditure.
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Spontaneous Rupture of Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Horseshoe KidneySpontaneous rupture of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a horseshoe kidney has not been described previously. We report a case of this condition in a 52-year-old man with a chief complaint of back pain.
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Therapeutic Plasmapheresis in Primary Presentation of Diabetes Mellitus With Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hypertriglyceridemia and Acute PancreatitisSevere hypertriglyceridemia (SHTG)-induced acute pancreatitis has been well described. Currently accepted therapeutic options are limited.
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| From Hypokalemic Crisis to Sjogren’s Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review Renal involvement occurs in approximately 5% of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome (SS). We report the case of a 20-year-old African woman who developed paraplegia secondary to hypokalemia. The diagnosis of renal tubular acidosis type 1 complicated by hypokalemia was made. Full Text | |||
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 Are Inflammatory Markers Useful in Predicting Urinary Tract Infection After Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy of the Prostate? |
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Vol. 10, No. 1, Sept 2020
Table of Contents
Review
| Living Well With Kidney Disease by Patient and Care-Partner Empowerment: Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Philip Kam Tao Li, Ekamol Tantisattamo, Latha Kumaraswami, Vassilios Liakopoulos, Siu Fai Lui, Ifeoma Ulasi, Sharon Andreoli, Alessandro Balducci, Sophie Dupuis, Tess Harris, Anne Hradsky, Richard Knight, Sajay Kumar, Maggie Ng, Alice Poidevin, Gamal Saadi, Allison Tong, for the World Kidney Day Steering Committee | 1-6 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/wjnu420 |
| A Review of Therapy for Primary Membranous Nephropathy Post-MENTOR | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Vinay Srinivasa | 7-11 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/wjnu426 |
Case Report
| Large Renal Cyst Underestimates Split Function on Diuretic Radionuclide Renal Scan | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Shrikant V. Solav, Shailendra V. Savale | 12-14 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/wjnu422 |
| From Hypokalemic Crisis to Sjogren’s Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Mansour Mbengue, Cedric Ouanekpone, Seynabou Diagne, Abdou Niang | 15-17 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/wjnu423 |
| Case of New Onset Acute Leukemia Complicated by Renal Calculi and Gout Attack: A Case Report | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Cima Hamieh, Mahmoud El-Hussein, Elie Zaghrini | 18-20 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/wjnu424 |