{"title":"Potentially paraneoplastic glomerulopathies in a Brazilian cohort: a retrospective analysis.","authors":"Marcella Soares Laferreira, Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0131en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0131en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Glomerular diseases can be associated with solid or hematopoietic malignancies. The prevalence of these associations varies according to the studied glomerular disease. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency and type of neoplasms in patients with glomerular diseases as well as their clinical, laboratory, and histopathological features and the relationship with immunosuppressive therapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective, descriptive, observational, longitudinal study that reviewed 4,820 medical records and included 95 patients with glomerular disease and neoplasms. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and histologic data were collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of neoplasms was 1.97% (95 patients; 81 [85.3%] malignant, 14 [14.7%] benign). Hematologic malignancies (35.8%) showed the highest prevalence, followed by colon, rectal, and gynecologic tumors. The glomerulopathy with the highest frequency was membranous glomerulopathy (MGN, 25 patients, 35.7%). The dose of the immunosuppressive agents among patients with neoplasms before or after immunosuppression was not statistically different. Neoplasm was diagnosed before glomerulopathy in 53% of patients. Among cases in which neoplasms were diagnosed after glomerulopathy, 43% were diagnosed in the first year of follow-up of the renal disease. The predominant syndrome at presentation was nephrotic syndrome. Progression to chronic kidney disease stage 5 at the end of follow-up occurred in 8.4% of the cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Neoplasms manifested before or, less frequently, after the diagnosis of glomerular diseases. As neoplasms diagnosed after presentation of glomerulopathy often appeared early after this diagnosis, it is necessary to be aware of neoplasms during the first year of follow-up of glomerulopathies, especially in patients with nephrotic syndrome, and MGN.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"47 1","pages":"e20240131"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143059081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cibele Isaac Saad Rodrigues, Sebastião Rodrigues Ferreira-Filho, Ana Flávia de Souza Moura, Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo, Dirceu Reis da Silva, Fernanda Salomão Gorayeb Polacchini, Fernando Antônio de Almeida, Maria Eliete Pinheiro, Rodrigo Bezerra, Rogério Baumgratz de Paula, Aldo José Peixoto, Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo, Audes Diógenes Magalhães Feitosa, Carlos Alberto Machado, Celso Amodeo, Décio Mion Junior, Elizabeth Silaid Muxfeldt, Giovanio Vieira da Silva, José Andrade Moura-Neto, José Muniz Pazeli Júnior, Leda Daud Lotaif, Luciano F Drager, Luis Cuadrado Martín, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto, Marcus Gomes Bastos, Marcus Vinícius Bolívar Malachias, Marcos Vinícius Paiva Cavalcanti Moreira, Maria Eugenia Fernandes Canziani, Roberto Dischinger Miranda, Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco, Roberto Pecoits Filho, Rogerio Andrade Mulinari, Rosilene Motta Elias, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Wilson Nadruz
{"title":"I Brazilian guideline on hypertension in dialysis of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology.","authors":"Cibele Isaac Saad Rodrigues, Sebastião Rodrigues Ferreira-Filho, Ana Flávia de Souza Moura, Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo, Dirceu Reis da Silva, Fernanda Salomão Gorayeb Polacchini, Fernando Antônio de Almeida, Maria Eliete Pinheiro, Rodrigo Bezerra, Rogério Baumgratz de Paula, Aldo José Peixoto, Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo, Audes Diógenes Magalhães Feitosa, Carlos Alberto Machado, Celso Amodeo, Décio Mion Junior, Elizabeth Silaid Muxfeldt, Giovanio Vieira da Silva, José Andrade Moura-Neto, José Muniz Pazeli Júnior, Leda Daud Lotaif, Luciano F Drager, Luis Cuadrado Martín, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto, Marcus Gomes Bastos, Marcus Vinícius Bolívar Malachias, Marcos Vinícius Paiva Cavalcanti Moreira, Maria Eugenia Fernandes Canziani, Roberto Dischinger Miranda, Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco, Roberto Pecoits Filho, Rogerio Andrade Mulinari, Rosilene Motta Elias, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso, Wilson Nadruz","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0033en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0033en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hypertension in dialysis patients (HTND) has a high prevalence, affecting at least 80% or more of patients, and its management in the nephrology practice is heterogeneous and often empirical. Knowing how to define, understand the pathophysiology, diagnose, monitor and treat with lifestyle changes, and adjust antihypertensive drugs to achieve the recommended blood pressure (BP) target - to reduce morbidity and mortality - requires specific knowl-edge and approaches within the contexts of hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD). This document is the first guideline of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology, developed by the departments of Hypertension and Dialysis. It aims to guide physicians who provide care in dialysis centers on how to manage patients with HTND, in a comprehensive and individualized manner, based on the critical appraisal of the best available scientific evidence. When such evidence is scarce or unavailable, the opinion of specialists should be recommended. The different topics covered include HTND definition (pre-HD BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg and post-HD BP ≥ 130/80 mmHg), epidemiology, and pathophysiology; diagnosis of HTND preferably with BP measurements outside the dialysis setting (BP ≥ 130/80 mmHg); complementary assessment; blood pressure targets; non-pharmacological treatment; use of the most appropriate antihypertensive medications; special situations; and complications of HTND, predominantly cardiovascular ones.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"47 1","pages":"e20240033"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864789/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143515701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underscoring the challenges in the training of kidney transplant surgeons.","authors":"Renato Demarchi Foresto, Lúcio Requião-Moura","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E011en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E011en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e2024E011"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11588315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"C3 glomerulonephritis associated with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.","authors":"Bárbara Beirão, Mariana Freitas, Natália Silva, Patrícia Ferraz, Catarina Prata, Teresa Morgado","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0092en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0092en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20240092"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11542637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronic kidney disease stages and changes in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: letter to the editor.","authors":"Hineptch Daungsupawong, Viroj Wiwanitkit","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20240128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11469576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142406386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
André Murad Nagahama, Vanessa Dos Santos Silva, Vanessa Burgugi Banin, Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco, Pasqual Barretti, Silmeia Garcia Zanati Bazan, Luis Cuadrado Martin
{"title":"Association between chronic kidney disease stages and changes in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring parameters.","authors":"André Murad Nagahama, Vanessa Dos Santos Silva, Vanessa Burgugi Banin, Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco, Pasqual Barretti, Silmeia Garcia Zanati Bazan, Luis Cuadrado Martin","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128rpen","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0128rpen","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20220128rp"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11533900/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly Cristiane Rocha Lemos, Anália Nusya de Medeiros Garcia, Thais Oliveira Claizoni Dos Santos, Nathalia Fidelis Lins Vieira, Ana Célia Oliveira Dos Santos
{"title":"Association between malnutrition-inflammation score (MIS) and quality of life in elderly hemodyalisis patients.","authors":"Kelly Cristiane Rocha Lemos, Anália Nusya de Medeiros Garcia, Thais Oliveira Claizoni Dos Santos, Nathalia Fidelis Lins Vieira, Ana Célia Oliveira Dos Santos","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2023-0171en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2023-0171en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The malnutrition-inflammation process is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), influencing quality of life. The aim of this study was to identify the inflammatory and nutritional status of elderly hemodialysis (HD) and its association with quality of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was carried out in health services in three different cities. The Malnutrition-Inflammation Score (MIS) was used to assess the inflammatory and nutritional status, with anthropometric measurements, protein status, lean mass and function. The quality of life was assessed using KDQOL-SFTM. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis and the Poisson model to evaluate the factors that increased the risk of developing malnutrition and inflammation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The MIS identified a 52.2% prevalence of malnutrition and inflammation in the population. In univariate analysis, most KDQOL-SFTM domains presented higher scores for nourished elderly. Anthropometric measures associated with muscle mass and functionality were lower in the malnourished elderly. Multivariate modeling revealed a higher nutritional risk of 50.6% for women and older age, since with each additional year of life the risk of malnutrition increased by 2.4% and by 0.4% with each additional month on HD. Greater arm muscle circumference (AMC) and higher serum albumin were factors for reducing malnutrition by 4.6% and 34.7%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher serum albumin and preserved AMC have been shown to be good indicators of better nutritional status. Higher MIS was associated with poorer quality of life, older age, lower income and education, longer time on dialysis, and presence of comorbidities.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20230171"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11539957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Maricely Reina, María José Soler, Mario Unigarro-Palacios, Juan Pablo Castañeda-González, Javier Jiménez Quintero, María Raad-Sarabia, Thyago Proença de Moraes, Rodrigo Daza-Arnedo
{"title":"Kidney effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (GLP1): from molecular foundations to a pharmacophysiological perspective.","authors":"Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Maricely Reina, María José Soler, Mario Unigarro-Palacios, Juan Pablo Castañeda-González, Javier Jiménez Quintero, María Raad-Sarabia, Thyago Proença de Moraes, Rodrigo Daza-Arnedo","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0101en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-0101en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>GLP1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) are drugs that mimic the effects of the incretin hormone GLP1 and were initially introduced in medicine for the treatment of diabetes in 2005 and for obesity in 2014. Over time, data from secondary and exploratory objectives of large randomized controlled-trials suggested that GLP1-RAs could also exert renal action by slowing the progression of kidney disease in patients with and without diabetes. Based on this rationale, the Flow study (1 mg semaglutide vs placebo) was designed and recruitment began in 2019 until May 2021. The recently published results confirmed the effect of semaglutide in reducing the composite renal outcome. However, similar to SGLT2 inhibitors, the potential mechanisms behind the renal effects of GLP1-RAs still need to be elucidated. The aim of this review is to address the different physiological mechanisms of GLP1-RAs at the renal level, using evidence from experimental studies and current scientific literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e20240101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11548866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Raoni de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, Fernando Barroso Duarte
{"title":"Challenges and advances in the management of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.","authors":"Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas, Raoni de Oliveira Domingues-da-Silva, Fernando Barroso Duarte","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E012en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-E012en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e2024E012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11588344/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Memoriam: Professor Marcello Marcondes.","authors":"Vanda Jorgetti, Roberto Zatz","doi":"10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-IM002en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2024-IM002en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14724,"journal":{"name":"Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia","volume":"46 4","pages":"e2024IM002"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}