Renal failure is frequently considered an ominous development after injury, but its impact on outcome is poorly understood. Renal dysfunction or failure can be defined in many ways, such as elevated serum creatinine or the need for dialysis. The best method to characterize renal dysfunction however, is not known. To determine which definition of renal dysfunction correlates best with outcome, w...

It is now nearly 400 years since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek noticed the first motile organisms moving by flagella using the earliest microscopes. He would have been surprised to note the fascination that nephrologists have developed with this tiny but versatile organelle over the past 15 years. Flagella appear to be the evolutionarily conserved precursors of both motile and non-motile (or primary)...

OBJECTIVES To determine the period prevalence, demographic characteristics, cost of treatment, and outcomes of patients admitted to the intensive care unit for continuous renal replacement therapy. DESIGN Descriptive case series. SETTING Intensive Care Unit in a Hong Kong tertiary referral, teaching hospital. PATIENTS All patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit from January to Decemb...

Unilateral renal agenesis with vesicoureteral reflux in the ipsilateral full length ureter is a rare phenomenon. Herein we report a case of 10-year old boy who presented with recurrent urinary tract infections. No renal tissue was identified on left side in various imaging studies. Micturating cystourethrogram (MCUG) showed left sided refluxing and blind ending ureter. Left ureterectomy was don...

Partial nephrectomy, using open surgery or laparoscopy, is a standard surgical approach to treat renal disorders. The objective of this study was to compare and evaluate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy using figure eight ligation technique. Mixed-breed dogs were randomly dedicated for partial nephrectomy using laparoscopy (n=6) and open surgery (n=6). During 30 da...

HYPOTHESIS The posttransplantation renal function outcomes between consecutive open donor and laparoscopic donor nephrectomies (LDNs) are similar and affect living donation. DESIGN Using the medical records of renal living donor-recipient pairs, 36 consecutive open donor nephrectomies were compared with the subsequent 100 LDNs. Data collected on donor characteristics included demographics (ag...

Santarosa B.P., Ferreira D.O.L., Belotta A.F., Dias A., Mamprim M.J. & Gonçalves R.C. 2016. B-Mode and pulsed Doppler sonography of kidney in healthy sheep according to age. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 36(6):545-550. Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Junior s/n, Botucatu, SP...

conclusions the patient underwent surgery applying a midline incision. the left kidney showed a lump pattern embedded in lower pole of the right kidney. left sided nephrectomy was performed while temporary right renal artery was clamped temporarily. histopathological evaluation revealed clear cell carcinoma with severe nuclear atypia (fuhrman grade 4/4). however, local recurrence was not detect...

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) has a key role in osmoregulation by facilitating water transport in the collecting duct. Recent evidence suggests that AVP may have additional effects on renal function and favor cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease. Whether AVP also affects kidney structure in the general population is unknown. We analyzed the association of copeptin, an established surrogate for...