Menye Hermine Danielle Fouda, W. Gilles, F KazeFrancois, G TeuwafeuDenis, Kane Yaya, Halle Marie Patrice, M. Maimouna, Djantio Hilaire, A. Gloria
{"title":"Chronic Kidney Disease in Sickle Cell Disease: Prevalence and Associated Factors in Cameroon","authors":"Menye Hermine Danielle Fouda, W. Gilles, F KazeFrancois, G TeuwafeuDenis, Kane Yaya, Halle Marie Patrice, M. Maimouna, Djantio Hilaire, A. Gloria","doi":"10.23937/2572-3286.1510048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23937/2572-3286.1510048","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Studies in Cameroon reported high prevalence of urinary abnormalities in sickle cell anemia (SCA). There is a lack of data in this setting on the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in SCA and Sickle cell trait (SCT). Objective: Assess the prevalence and associate factors of CKD in people with sickle cell disease. Patients and method: This was a cross-sectional study of six months durations (April-September 2017) involving SCA (HB SS) and SCT (HBAS) subjects at Douala Laquintinie hospital. CKD was diagnosed and classified according to 2012 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria. Only patients with persistent urinary anomalies or decreased eGFR at 3 months were considered to have CKD. Results: We included 107 subjects among which 81 SCA (62% males) and 26 SCT (46% males) with a mean age of 19.5 ± 10 and 35.8 ± 7.8 years (p < 0.001) respectively. Compare to SCT, SCA subjects had lower body mass index and systolic blood pressure. Overall, CKD was found in 16 patients (15%): 13 (16%) patients in the SCA group and 3 patients (11%) in the SCT group. CKD frequency was comparable in both groups (p = 0.76). CKD was found in 37% of adult SCA patients. Albuminuria was more common in the SCA group [12 (15%) vs. 1 (4%) patient, p = 0.018]. Age ≤ 25 years was protective factor for both CKD (OR = 0.20 [0.003-0.135], p < 0.001) and albuminuria (OR = 0.23 [0.004-0.124], p < 0.001) in SCD group. Conclusion: CKD in sickle cell disease is highly prevalent young adult in our setting.","PeriodicalId":73669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical nephrology and renal care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47188591","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}
Kennedy Amy D, Liu Alex J, Seipp Regan M, Ryan Margaret S, Yang Shaun K, Thomas Leslie F
{"title":"Two Rare Mechanisms for Acute Anuric Renal Failure in a Patient with Metastatic Malignant Melanoma - A Case Report","authors":"Kennedy Amy D, Liu Alex J, Seipp Regan M, Ryan Margaret S, Yang Shaun K, Thomas Leslie F","doi":"10.23937/2572-3286.1510047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23937/2572-3286.1510047","url":null,"abstract":"This case report examines two rare mechanisms of acute renal failure in a patient with metastatic melanoma treated with high-dose vitamin C. The first is oxalate nephropathy, which is an uncommon but known complication of highdose vitamin C therapy in naturopathic medicine. The second is due to melanuria and renal melanosis, which has been described in metastatic melanoma; however, acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy has not been reported previously.","PeriodicalId":73669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical nephrology and renal care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44900647","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}
Dias Joana Monteiro, Alves Rita Valério, G. Mário, Viana Helena, N. Fernando
{"title":"Prevalence, Etiology and Clinical Characteristics of Biopsy Proven Non-Diabetic Renal Disease in a Population of 67 Diabetic Patients","authors":"Dias Joana Monteiro, Alves Rita Valério, G. Mário, Viana Helena, N. Fernando","doi":"10.23937/2572-3286.1510046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23937/2572-3286.1510046","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) has been historically the major cause of kidney disease in diabetic patients. However, recent studies have found a high proportion of diabetic patients with biopsy proven Non-diabetic renal disease (NDRD) or NDRD superimposed on DN. These findings have resurfaced the interest in establishing which of these patients may benefit most from a kidney biopsy. Our study aims to enlighten the prevalence and etiology of biopsy proven NDRD and to explore clinical and morphologic differences encountered in the diabetic patient with NDRD. Methods: Medical records of all diabetic patients who underwent native kidney biopsy for suspected NDRD from January 2016 to December 2018 at Hospital Curry Cabral Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, EPE, were analysed retrospectively. Results: We review medical records of 67 patients. All patients had a diabetes mellitus diagnosis at the time of biopsy and were biopsied for NDRD suspicion. In our population, 55.2% had DN (7.5% presented simultaneously DN and NDRD) and 41.8% had isolated NDRD. The most frequent causes of NDRD were IgA nephropathy (25%) and Chronic Interstitial Nephritis (10.8%). A shorter duration of diabetes had a statistically significant association with NDRD. Conclusions: Nearly half diabetic patients proposed to kidney biopsy have a NDRD. Since kidney biopsy is essential to establish the diagnosis and subsequently provide adequate treatment, this resource should be used in the diabetic diabetic patient with NDRD suspicion, especially in those with a shorter duration of diabetes. Additional data is necessary to establish which patients should be proposed to earlier kidney biopsies.","PeriodicalId":73669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical nephrology and renal care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42022788","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}
Y. Kane, B. Hermann, M. Faye, Ibrahim Hamat, A TallLemrabott, M. Faye, Diama Sakho, Selly Camara Mame, M MoustaphaCisse, S MohamedSeck, Fary Ka El, A. Niang, B. Diouf
{"title":"Quality of Life in Chronic Hemodialysed Patients: Observational Study in Three Hemodialysis Units in Semi-Urban Areas of Senegal (West Africa)","authors":"Y. Kane, B. Hermann, M. Faye, Ibrahim Hamat, A TallLemrabott, M. Faye, Diama Sakho, Selly Camara Mame, M MoustaphaCisse, S MohamedSeck, Fary Ka El, A. Niang, B. Diouf","doi":"10.23937/2572-3286.1510045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23937/2572-3286.1510045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical nephrology and renal care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47492469","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}
Rui-Hong Chen, Fengling Song, Yu Gan, Ting-ting Li, L. Ye, Wei Jing Liu, Hua-feng Liu
{"title":"Autophagy and Transforming Growth Factor Beta1 in Renal Tubular Epithelia Cells","authors":"Rui-Hong Chen, Fengling Song, Yu Gan, Ting-ting Li, L. Ye, Wei Jing Liu, Hua-feng Liu","doi":"10.23937/2572-3286.1510043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23937/2572-3286.1510043","url":null,"abstract":"Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-β1) is regarded as the important factor in many fibrotic kidney diseases. Autophagy is a vital mechanism which maintains intracellular homeostasis in eukaryotic cells and involves in various renal physiologic and pathological processes. Current studies indicate that autophagy in renal tubular epithelial cells serves as a renoprotective mechanism which modulates the course of diverse kidney disease. Thus, this review aims to show the possible linkage between TGF-β1 and autophagy in the renal tubular epithelial cells. RevieW ARTiCLe","PeriodicalId":73669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical nephrology and renal care","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43113230","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}