Evaluation of Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Major Adverse Kidney Events in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19.

By Amir Safavi | May 30, 2023 |

Link: https://doi.org/S0272-6386(23)00648-0 Authors: Menez, Steven; Coca, Steven G; Moledina, Dennis G; Wen, Yumeng; Chan, Lili; Thiessen-Philbrook, Heather; Obeid, Wassim; Garibaldi, Brian T; Azeloglu, Evren U; Ugwuowo, Ugochukwu; Sperati, C John; Arend, Lois J; Rosenberg, Avi Z; Kaushal, Madhurima; Jain, Sanjay; Wilson, F Perry; Parikh, Chirag R; , Abstract: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at increased…

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Incidence, prevalence and mortality of chronic periaortitis: a population-based study.

By Amir Safavi | February 1, 2022 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.55563/clinexprheumatol/0v8l4j Authors: Koster, Matthew J; Ghaffar, Umar; Duong, Stephanie Q; Crowson, Cynthia S; Burke, Michelle M; Viers, Boyd R; Potretzke, Aaron M; Bjarnason, Haraldur; Warrington, Kenneth J Abstract: To evaluate the epidemiology, presentation and outcomes of patients with chronic periaortitis from 1998 through 2018. An inception cohort of patients with incident chronic periaortitis from…

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Conversion of Urine Protein-Creatinine Ratio or Urine Dipstick Protein to Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio for Use in Chronic Kidney Disease Screening and Prognosis : An Individual Participant-Based Meta-analysis.

By Amir Safavi | July 14, 2020 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-0529 Authors: Sumida, Keiichi; Nadkarni, Girish N; Grams, Morgan E; Sang, Yingying; Ballew, Shoshana H; Coresh, Josef; Matsushita, Kunihiro; Surapaneni, Aditya; Brunskill, Nigel; Chadban, Steve J; Chang, Alex R; Cirillo, Massimo; Daratha, Kenn B; Gansevoort, Ron T; Garg, Amit X; Iacoviello, Licia; Kayama, Takamasa; Konta, Tsuneo; Kovesdy, Csaba P; Lash, James; Lee, Brian J;…

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