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Biomarkers of acute kidney injury in patients with nephrotic syndrome
Tavares,Maria Brandão; Melo,Caroline Vilas Boas de; Fernandes,Paula Neves; Almeida,Maria da Conceição Chagas deABSTRACT Introduction: Emergence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) requires prompt diagnosis and differentiation between acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and proliferative glomerulonephritis. We studied the potential use of commercial urinary biomarkers' tests in the diagnosis of AKI in patients with NS. Methods: A cross sectional estimate of urinary concentrations of KIM-1 and N...
Enterococcal urinary tract infections in a university hospital: clinical studies
Barros,Milton; Martinelli,Reinaldo; Rocha,HeonirAlthough urinary tract infections (UTI) represent the most common infection caused by enterococci, some aspects remain to be fully clarified. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics present in UTI caused by Enterococcus spp. in patients followed up at the Prof. Edgard Santos Teaching Hospital of the Federal University of Bahia. All patients consecutively examined between 1997 and 200...
Frequency of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with infectious diseases u...
Santiago,Mittermayer Barreto; Martinelli,Reinaldo; Reis,Mitermayer G.; Reis,Eliana Almeida; Ko,Albert; Fontes,Roberto Dias; Silva,Moacir ParanhosOBJECTIVE: The standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies is the most important test for the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). However, the test is also positive in some infectious diseases and other non-related syndromes. It has been suggested that the detection of antibodies to a mixture of phospholipids or to beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2-GP I) has highe...
Experimental supratrigonal cystectomy: evaluation of long-term complications
Barros,Milton; Martinelli,Reinaldo; Rocha,HeonirOBJECTIVE: The present study aims at assessing the occurrence of pyelonephritis and long-term complications in rats submitted to surgical reduction of bladder capacity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats were submitted to supratrigonal cystectomy (29 animals) or sham operation (15 animals) and sacrificed 2, 4 and 6 months after the surgical procedure. The arterial blood pressure and serum creatinine lev...
Insuficiência renal aguda após cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica com circ...
Santos,Fernando Oliveira; Silveira,Marco Antonio; Maia,Roberto Barreto; Monteiro,Marcelo Dantas Cerqueira; Martinelli,ReinaldoOBJETIVO: Identificar a incidência, fatores de risco e mortalidade de insuficiência renal aguda (IRA), em pacientes submetidos à cirurgia para revascularização miocárdica com circulação extracorpórea. MÉTODOS: Estudados prospectivamente todos os pacientes submetidos a cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica e as variáveis clínicas e laboratoriais analisadas através de métodos uni e multivariado (regressão logís...
Tetanus as a cause of acute renal failure: possible role of rhabdomyolysis
Martinelli,Reinaldo; Matos,Cácia M.; Rocha,HeonirTo study the frequency and examine the role of rhabdomyolysis in the acute renalfailure in tetanus 18 patients with the diagnosis of generalized tetanus consecutively admitted to the infectious disease hospital were evaluated. Ofthese 14 were male and 4female with mean age of 31.8± 2.0 years. Except for mild proteinuria recorded in 9 patients, the urinalysis were unremarkable. Serum creatinine higher than 1.4mg...
Absence of clinical abnormalities suggesting renal involvement during the long-...
Martinelli,Reinaldo; Lorenço,Rosemarie; Rocha,HeonirAbnormalities of renal function have been demonstrated inpatients with visceral leishmaniasis; although there was a trend toward normalization following antiparasitic therapy, some abnormalities persisted. With thepurpose of studying the long- term clinical course of renal involvement in visceral leishmaniasis, 32 patients with a diagnosis of this parasitic disease were evaluated in the endemic area and at leas...