Search Results - "Kapur, Gaurav"
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Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma—an update on diagnosis, evaluation, and management
Published in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) (01-04-2020)“…Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) generally grouped together are rare catecholamine-secreting endocrine tumors. Symptoms of catecholamine excess are…”
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Clinical profile of children incidentally found to have advanced kidney failure
Published in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) (01-05-2022)“…Introduction No data exist on the epidemiology of children incidentally diagnosed with advanced kidney failure (KF) during evaluation for non-specific…”
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Mutations in complement C3 predispose to development of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
Published in Blood (15-12-2008)“…Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a disease of complement dysregulation. In approximately 50% of patients, mutations have been described in the…”
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Hemodialysis in neonates and infants: A systematic review
Published in Seminars in dialysis (01-05-2018)“…Hemodialysis (HD) in neonates and infants poses unique challenges due to high risks of mortality attributable to obligatory small blood flow volumes. Although…”
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Hypertensive Crisis in Pediatric Patients: An Overview
Published in Frontiers in pediatrics (20-10-2020)“…Hypertensive crisis can be a source of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. While the epidemiology has been difficult to pinpoint, it is…”
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Treatment of Severe Edema in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome with Diuretics Alone — A Prospective Study
Published in Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-05-2009)“…Severe edema in children with nephrotic syndrome (NS) may be associated with volume contraction (VC) or volume expansion (VE). Usually, severe edema in…”
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Responsiveness of the PROMIS® measures to changes in disease status among pediatric nephrotic syndrome patients: a Midwest pediatric nephrology consortium study
Published in Health and quality of life outcomes (23-08-2017)“…Nephrotic syndrome represents a condition in pediatric nephrology typified by a relapsing and remitting course, proteinuria and the presence of edema. The…”
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Secondary Hypertension in Overweight and Stage 1 Hypertensive Children: A Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium Report
Published in The journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) (01-01-2010)“…J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2010;12:34–39. ©2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. According to the Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High…”
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Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Clinic in Managing Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Published in Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology (01-07-2009)“…Long-term outcome of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) correlates with adequacy of predialysis care. This is best provided in a multidisciplinary…”
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Clinical utility of valsartan in the treatment of hypertension in children and adolescents
Published in Patient preference and adherence (17-03-2011)“…Valsartan is a potent antagonist of the type 1 angiotensin receptor (AT(1)). By blocking the actions of angiotensin II on the AT(1), it inhibits…”
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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Published in Online journal of health & allied sciences : OJHAS (01-11-2013)“…Hypothyroidism is an uncommon cause of ascites. Here we describe a case of a 75 year-old female patient with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and subclinical…”
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Idiopathic collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in pediatric patients
Published in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) (01-03-2007)“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of our patients with idiopathic collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) as compared to…”
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Treatment of BK virus with a stepwise immunosuppression reduction and intravenous immunoglobulin in pediatric kidney transplant
Published in Pediatric transplantation (01-06-2022)“…Background BKV and BKVN are common in pediatric kidney transplant, but there is limited data on treatment approaches. Our objective was to study the prevalence…”
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The long-acting C5 inhibitor, ravulizumab, is effective and safe in pediatric patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome naïve to complement inhibitor treatment
Published in Kidney international (01-07-2021)“…Ravulizumab, a long-acting complement C5 inhibitor engineered from eculizumab, allows extending maintenance dosing from every 2-3 weeks to every 4-8 weeks…”
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Evaluation of Hypertension in Children
Published in Current hypertension reports (01-10-2013)“…Hypertension is an important public health problem, and increasingly children are being diagnosed with primary hypertension. As the list of secondary causes of…”
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Association among prematurity (<30 weeks’ gestational age), blood pressure, urinary albumin, calcium, and phosphate in early childhood
Published in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) (01-07-2017)“…Background There is a paucity of data on blood pressures (BP), urinary albumin, and mineral excretion in early childhood in contemporary cohorts of extremely…”
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Clinical Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Adaptive Plan-of-the-Day Treatment in Patients Receiving Ultra-hypofractionated Weekly Radiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer
Published in International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (01-06-2021)“…Hypofractionated radiation therapy can be used to treat patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer unable to have radical therapy. Toxicity is a key concern,…”
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Childhood Violence Exposure Predicts High Blood Pressure in Black American Young Adults
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-09-2022)“…This prospective longitudinal study tested the impact of childhood adversity, including community violence exposure, on hypertension risk in Black American…”
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Temporary treatment cessation versus continuation of first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (STAR): an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled, phase 2/3 trial
Published in The lancet oncology (01-03-2023)“…Temporary drug treatment cessation might alleviate toxicity without substantially compromising efficacy in patients with cancer. We aimed to determine if a…”
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