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Kidney & Urinary System : Health & Medical
Isolated Skin Ulcers due to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in a Renal Allograft
Post-transplant TB often occurs within the first few years of receipt of a renal allograft but a 27-year-old man presents with isolated skin ulcers from Mycobacterium TB 12 years post-transplantation.
Management of Neurogenic Bladder Secondary to Spinal Cord Injury
How are patients with a neurogenic bladder secondary to spinal cord injury managed, both initially and long term?
Bacteriuria in Women With Diabetes Mellitus
UTIs in diabetic patients are more likely to involve the upper tract, to require longer treatment, and to be caused by resistant organisms than those in nondiabetic patients.
How to eat to Prevent Kidney Stones
Kidney stones at their best are uncomfortable and a potentially severe annoyance. At their worst, kidney stones can lead to complete kidney failure. Treating them is not particularly difficult, but you can prevent them entirely. Eating the right foods in the right amounts will help to prevent kidney
Ureter Kidney Stone Symptoms
More than 3.5 million physician visits are logged each year by people with painful symptoms brought on by kidney stones in the ureter. Doctors say this problem is growing at a tremendous rate as modern humans indulge in richer and more highly processed food. Understanding the symptoms of this illnes
What to Do for an Enlarged Kidney
The kidneys are organs that function as a filter to remove waste in the blood and turn it into urine. Aside from urinary tract infections, there are more complex disorders that can cause the kidneys to enlarge. Such disorders include kidney dysplasia, polycystic kidney disease, and acquired cystic k
Update on Cystatin C
This new study takes a look at how clinicians can incorporate cystatin C into their practices to better understand, evaluate, and treat chronic kidney disease.
Hemoglobin or Epo Dose: Which Poses Heart Risk?
George Bakris talked to Peter McCullough about the role of hemoglobin and erythropoietin in cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Military Women's Urinary Complications in Deployment Settings
Austere deployment environments are generally characterized by lack of privacy; crowded living arrangements and unsanitary conditions. How do these stresses impact elimination in female soldiers?
Female Bladder Pain
There are a number of reasons why a woman may be experiencing bladder or pelvic floor pain. Childbirth, chronic diseases, certain medications and surgery can all contribute to bladder control problems and pain.
How to Maintain PH Balance
Your pH balance is the ratio of acids to bases in your body. Your skin, digestive system, blood and more each have different pH balances to function optimally. All are critical for health, and pH balance is maintained through physiological processes and can be affected by exercise, diet, fluid level
Use of Phosphate Binders in Chronic Kidney Disease
How important is it to monitor phosphate levels in patients with chronic kidney disease?
Military Women's Urinary Complications in Deployment Settings
Austere deployment environments are generally characterized by lack of privacy; crowded living arrangements and unsanitary conditions. How do these stresses impact elimination in female soldiers?
How to Test the pH of a Substance
The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14. On this simple scale, 0 is most acidic, 7 is neutral and 14 is the most alkaline. Litmus paper is commonly used to test the pH of a substance. Litmus paper is easy to use because it changes color to indicate whether something is acidic or alkaline. However, litmus p
US Docs' Pay Higher Than Other Nations: Really?
Jeffrey Berns, MD, steps out of his comfort zone to talk about a recent paper that reported higher incomes among US PCPs and orthopaedists compared with their peers in other developed nations. He questions the numbers used and whether they are comparable.
Prevention of Incontinence-Related Skin Breakdown
Spray vs wipes: What's the best product to protect the perineum -- in acute and critical care settings?
Dietary Sodium Restriction: A Therapeutic Opportunity in CKD
Does the most recent research recommend dietary sodium restriction in patients with CKD?
Complement in Kidney Disease: Core Curriculum 2015
What role does the complement system play in the pathogenesis of various kidney diseases?
Gall Bladder Surgery Infection
The gall bladder, a small non-vital gland located in the upper right section of the abdomen, stores bile created in the liver until it is needed by the small intestine to help break down foods containing fat. When the tubes leading from the gall bladder to the small intestine (bile ducts) are blocke
How to Heal Kidney Damage
When your kidneys are healthy they perform a variety of important functions. For instance, they regulate the fluids in your body; maintain balance of your sodium, potassium and phosphorus, and filter toxins and waste from your blood. However, problems like high blood pressure, diabetes or cardiovasc