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Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2021 Nov-Dec;32(6):1523-1544

Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

The major targets of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are the respiratory and immune systems. However, a significant proportion of hospitalized patients had kidney dysfunction. The histopathological surveys have principally focused on respiratory, hematopoietic, and immune systems, whereas histopathologic data of kidney injury are lacking. Read More

Arch Iran Med 2022 Apr 1;25(4):235-240. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Department of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Background: Renal involvement in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) often presents as acute kidney injury (AKI), which is closely related to the prognosis of critically ill patients. Nevertheless, there are few researches on the subgroup of AVV patients with AKI. The study aimed to explore clinical features and prognosis in AAV patients with AKI. Read More

Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2022 May-Jun;25(3):389-393. Epub 2022 Jun 24.

Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Background: Peripheral neuropathy in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the most common neurological complication. We aimed to look at the prevalence and patterns of neuropathy in children with CKD.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted over 1 year in children with CKD, stage III and above. Read More

Caspian J Intern Med 2022 ;13(2):442-446

Masih Daneshvari hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background: Goodpasture syndrome (GPS) rarely affects parturients which may quickly result in severe pulmonary and renal damage with significant fetomaternal morbidity.

Case Presentation: A 35-year-old white multiparous lady, presented with acute progressive respiratory failure at 32 gestational age. She had fever, cough, severe dyspnea and lately hemoptysis and severe hypoxia with bilateral alveolar opacity in chest imaging, with no response to broad spectrum antibiotic. Read More

RMD Open 2022 Jul;8(2)

Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Lupus nephritis is one of the most common and serious complications of systemic lupus erythematosus, attributed to increased morbidity and mortality. The in situ deposition of intrarenal immune complexes promote the accumulation of inflammatory cells and cause kidney injury in lupus nephritis. Among potential sources of intrarenal complement deposits, the concept of intrarenal complement synthesis has been described more than three decades ago in experimental lupus nephritis. Read More