pyelonephritis/obesity

BACKGROUND Kidney transplantation is the most suitable of ESRD care. The proportion of obese people is increasing in the general population and patients with kidney impairment. It is important to assess the impact of obesity on surgical complications of kidney transplantation. The aim of this

Focal Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rare chronic inflammatory condition of kidneys which usually is associated with postrenal obstruction or renal stone leading to chronic bacterial infection and eventually chronic glomerular inflammation. About 90% of cases are of the diffuse type and

BACKGROUND Management of urolithiasis in morbidly obese patients is usually associated with higher morbidity and mortality compared to non-obese patients. In morbidly obese patients, since the kidney and stone are at a considerable distance from the skin (compared to non-obese patients) difficulty

Effective urolithiasis treatment, especially in overweight patients has a considerable medical and social implication. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) in prone position of the patient are standard treatment options for kidney and ureter stones.

The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ESWL using a modified lateral position in obese patients with renal stones. Nineteen obese patients with renal stones were enrolled (group A). The mean stone diameter was 1.3 cm (0.7-1.9 cm). The mean BMI was 35.1 kg/m² (31-41 kg/m²).

A 32-year-old Caucasian woman of body mass index (BMI) 46 presented with urinary symptoms to accident and emergency (A&E). Acute pyelonephritis was the diagnosis. Transabdominal scan revealed a live term fetus. Both the partners were unaware of the ongoing pregnancy until diagnosed. She underwent

Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is an acute or chronic inflammatory condition most frequently reported in pyelonephritis and cholecystitis. However, the involvement of the terminal ileum is extremely rare. Its clinical significance is that it can m imic a malignant lesion clinically and

OBJECTIVE Visfatin/pre-B-cell-enhancing factor (PBEF) has been implicated in the regulation of the innate immune system, as well as in glucose metabolism. Specifically, visfatin plays a requisite role in delayed neutrophil apoptosis in patients with sepsis. The aim of this study was to determine

OBJECTIVE An emerging theme in modern biology is that adipose tissue can respond to metabolic stress, and to inflammatory stimuli, by regulating the secretion of a complex network of soluble mediators, termed adipokines. Adiponectin, the most prevalent circulating adipokine in human, has profound

OBJECTIVE Focal areas of decreased perfusion may be shown by power Doppler sonography in children with acute pyelonephritis. The purposes of this study were to assess the ability of power Doppler sonography to reveal acute pyelonephritis and to compare the sonographic images with enhanced CT

We report a case of type-B aortic dissection occurring in a 38-year-old obese man, whose past medical history was positive for arterial hypertension and apparently negative for chronic kidney disease. The patient had severe refractory hypertension and acute renal insufficiency due to renal vascular

The authors analyzed obesity in 1173 persons aged 75+. They were all inhabitants of the same section of the town of Brno, CSFR, 721 of them were diabetic and 452 non-diabetics. The authors concentrated on the internal analysis of both groups regarding obesity; they found it to occur much more

The article presents a theoretical generalization of the research results the effectiveness of heparisin on the state of the carbohydrate-protein components of the extracellular matrix of connective tissue in liver in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with obesity I-II degree and chronic

Genetic mutations resulting in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) are described for both inbred and outbred mice. However, no known mouse model completely recapitulates human T2D and its comorbidities. We identified a cohort of obese, male, outbred Swiss-Webster (SW) mice as polyuric,

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is an unusual and serious infection, associated with the formation of gas by choliphormi bacteria. The authors present a case of monolateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in an obese and diabetic patient, put under observation and treated successfully through percutaneous