Search Results - "Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior"
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Kidney involvement in malaria: an update
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-01-2017)“…Malaria is an infectious disease of great importance for Public Health, as it is the most prevalent endemic disease in the world, affecting millions of people…”
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Acute kidney injury in a tropical country: a cohort study of 253 patients in an infectious diseases intensive care unit
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-01-2014)“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and potentially fatal complication in infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical…”
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Impact of lockdown on bed occupancy rate in a referral hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in northeast Brazil
Published in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases (01-09-2020)“…Coronaviruses are known to be responsible for infections in humans since the 1960s and have accounted for epidemics in recent human history. More recently, in…”
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Acute kidney injury complicating bee stings - a review
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-01-2017)“…Bee stings can cause severe reactions and have caused many victims in the last years. Allergic reactions can be triggered by a single sting and the greater the…”
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Novel kidney injury biomarkers in tropical infections: a review of the literature
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-01-2020)“…Tropical diseases are mainly found in the tropical regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. They are a major Public Health problem in these regions, most of…”
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Kidney involvement in yellow fever: a review
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-01-2019)“…Yellow fever is one of the most important mosquito-borne diseases, which still affects a significant number of people every year, mainly in tropical countries…”
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Acute kidney injury due to excessive and prolonged intramuscular injection of veterinary supplements containing vitamins A, D and E: A series of 16 cases
Published in Nefrologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola Nefrologia (01-01-2017)“…Despite well-documented risks, injectable supplements containing high doses of vitamins are commonly used. To describe acute kidney injury (AKI) as a…”
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Chronic kidney disease related to renal tuberculosis: a case report
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-05-2016)“…Genitourinary tuberculosis (TB) is the third most common form of extrapulmonary TB. A 34-year-old man with severe kidney function loss secondary to renal TB…”
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FATAL DISSEMINATED CRYPTOCOCCOSIS WITH RENAL INVOLVEMENT IN AN HIV-INFECTED PATIENT
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-07-2015)“…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…”
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Factors associated with prematurity in reported cases of congenital syphilis
Published in Revista de saúde pública (01-01-2021)“…To analyze the factors associated with prematurity in reported cases of congenital syphilis in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Cross-sectional study…”
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Smartphone and application use in self-management of chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional feasibility study
Published in São Paulo medical journal (2022)“…Smartphone and application use can improve communication and monitoring of chronic diseases, including chronic kidney disease, through self-management and…”
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Acute Kidney Injury Induced by Bothrops Venom: Insights into the Pathogenic Mechanisms
Published in Toxins (05-03-2019)“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) following snakebite is common in developing countries and genus is the main group of snakes in Latin America. To evaluate the…”
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Use of probiotics in patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis: a randomized clinical trial
Published in Brazilian Journal of Nephrology (01-01-2023)“…ABSTRACT Introduction: Supplementation with probiotics for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be associated with decreased systemic inflammation…”
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Endothelial Biomarkers in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: Potential Predictors of the Need for Dialysis
Published in Kidney & blood pressure research (01-01-2024)“…Abstract Introduction: The aim of this was to evaluate the function of vascular biomarkers to predict the need for hemodialysis in critically ill patients with…”
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Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-03-2013)“…Cardiac disturbances are relatively common and electrocardiographic abnormalities may be found in more than 70% of patients with leptospirosis. We report the…”
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Fatal disseminated strongyloidiasis after kidney transplantation
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-10-2012)“…Disseminated strongyloidiasis (DS) is a rare and severe parasitic disease that is difficult to recognize and affects immunocompromised individuals. We report…”
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Renal function in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis--an assessment of renal tubular disorders
Published in PloS one (22-12-2014)“…Renal involvement in Schistosoma mansoni infection is not well studied. The aim of this study is to investigate the occurrence of renal abnormalities in…”
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Population knowledge on chronic kidney disease, its risk factors and means of prevention: a population-based study in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Published in Brazilian Journal of Nephrology (01-01-2023)“…ABSTRACT Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been increasing significantly. There is evidence that a large part of the population does not have…”
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Estimated glomerular filtration rate in clinical practice: Consensus positioning of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN) and Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SBPC/ML)
Published in Brazilian Journal of Nephrology (01-01-2024)“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents one of today's main public health problems. Serum creatinine measurement and estimation of the glomerular filtration…”
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