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Estenose da artéria do enxerto renal : prevalência e fatores associados em uma ...
Nasserala, Jarinne Camilo LandimIntroduction: The transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is the most common vascular complication post-kidney transplant (Tx) that can lead to resistant hypertension, impaired renal function and even loss of the graft. Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and factors associated with TRAS. Methods: A retrospective case-control study was carried out in a population of Tx recipients from January 2008 to Marc...
Artery stenosis of the renal graft : experience of a center of northeastern Brazil
Nasserala, Jarinne Camilo Landim; Oliveira, Cláudia Maria Costa; Cerqueira, João Batista Gadelha de; Souza, S.; Silva, S. L.; Santos, L. C. D. O.Background. Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS), the most common vascular complication after transplant (Tx), leads to resistant hypertension, impaired renal function, and even loss of the graft. The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with TRAS in northeastern Brazil. Methods. The study was conducted as a retrospective case-control study in a population of Tx recip...
Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a non-diabetic patient associated with nephroli...
Araújo, Sônia M. H. A.; Feitosa, Mateus P. M.; Evangelista, Priscila D.; Sá, Sarah F.; Nasserala, Jarinne Camilo Landim; Nóbrega, YuriIntroduction: Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EP) is an acute renal infection, potentially fatal, with high mortality, which is more frequent in women at fifth decade of life. Herein, we describe a case of EP successfully treated with surgery. case report: A 50-year-old female was admitted with complaints of lumbar pain, irradiating to ipsilateral lower limb, associated with nausea and fever (38.9ºc), with chills...
Fatal disseminated ryptococcosis with renal involvement in an HIV-infected patient
Daher, Elizabeth de Francesco; Nasserala, Jarinne Camilo Landim; Silva Junior, Geraldo Bezerra da; Oliveira, Adriana Regina Vilarinho deIntroduction: We present a fatal case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a young man whose diagnosis of HIV infection was made at the time of admission to the emergency room. Case report: The patient was a twenty-three-year-old man, with a history of daily fever during one month associated with diarrhea, weight loss, headache, vomiting and generalized seizures. He also had a history of diabetes mellitus, alcohol...