Patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) experience a significant decrease in their living quality, due to the limitations imposed by the disease as well as the demands of the treatment that they receive. Some side effects contribute to the morbidity of these patients. Among them, erectile dysfunction (ED) is notable. This article reviews recent advances in etiological factor study and treatment of ED in CRF patients, which may guide the clinic practices in a considerable scale.
Erectile Dysfunction ; etiology ; therapy ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; complications ; Male

Heat stroke is a potentially fatal disorder that's caused by an extreme elevation in body temperature. We report here an unusual case of multiple organ failure that was caused by classical, nonexertional heat stroke due to taking a warm bath at home. A 68 year old diabetic man was hospitalized for loss of consciousness. He was presumed to have been in a warm bath for 3 hrs and his body temperature was 41 degrees C. Despite cooling and supportive care, he developed acute renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and fulminant liver failure. Continuous venovenous hemofiltration was started on day 3 because of the progressive oligouria and severe metabolic acidosis. On day 15, septic ascites was developed and Acinetobacter baumanii and Enterococcus faecium were isolated on the blood cultures. In spite of the best supportive care, the hepatic failure and DIC combined with septic peritonitis progressed; the patient succumbed on day 25.
Multiple Organ Failure/*etiology ; Male ; Liver Failure/*etiology ; Kidney Failure/*etiology ; Humans ; Heat Stroke/*complications/etiology ; Fatal Outcome ; Baths/*adverse effects ; Aged

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Adolescent ; Adult ; Comparative Study ; Female ; Hemodynamics* ; Human ; Hypertension/etiology* ; Hypertension/physiopathology ; Kidney Failure, Chronic/physiopathology* ; Kidney Failure, Chronic/surgery ; Kidney Transplantation ; Male ; Middle Age ; Nephrectomy

Child ; Disease Progression ; Humans ; Kidney ; abnormalities ; physiopathology ; Kidney Diseases ; congenital ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; etiology ; physiopathology ; prevention & control ; Ureteral Obstruction ; etiology ; physiopathology ; therapy

In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), acute renal failure (ARF) is usually associated with severe lupus nephritis and ARF associated with other glomerular diseases is extremely rare. We recently encountered a patient with ARF that was associated with a minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) in SLE. A 41-year-old woman presented with a nephrotic syndrome and ARF. She fulfilled four of the American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification of SLE. However, a renal biopsy revealed that there were no glomerular abnormalities and no deposition of immune complex. The generalized edema disappeared and the high creatinine levels decreased after prednisolone therapy.
Adult ; Case Report ; Female ; Human ; Kidney Failure, Acute/*etiology ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*complications ; Nephrosis, Lipoid/*complications

Host factors such as systemic diseases, genetic polymorphism or drug usage play a major role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease by modifying the host response to periodontal infection or altering the susceptibility to infection by periodontal organisms. This study was designed to evaluate the clinical response of patients receiving hemodialysis to existing microbial dental plaque. Gingival Index (GI) and Plaque Index (PI) scores and probing depths (PD) were recorded for the entire dentition on 36 chronic renal failure patients receiving hemodialysis (H) and 36 systemically healthy individuals (C), matched with the patient group, based on age and extent of plaque accumulation. No statistically significant difference was observed in the clinical parameters between the two groups (PI: t=1.69 p= 0.096; GI: t=1.057 p=0.294; PD: t=0.01 p=0.99). In the present study, H patients revealed a similar response to existing bacterial plaque and their periodontal status was comparable to that of the control group. Although patients receiving hemodialysis have been suggested to present a certain degree of immunosuppression, based on the findings of the present study chronic renal failure does not seem to be an additional risk factor for more severe periodontal destruction.
Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Human ; Kidney Failure, Chronic/*complications/*therapy ; Middle Aged ; Periodontal Diseases/*etiology ; *Renal Dialysis

Brain Abscess ; surgery ; Epilepsy ; etiology ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; complications ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Recurrence

In this article, I review various causes of exogenous myoglobinuria(MU) and its pathogenesis in 26 consecutive patients admitted to emergency room, Asan Medical Center and determine whether there is a relationship between concentration of urine myoglobin(Mb) and acute renal failure(ARF) as a complication of MU. Serum and urine Mb were measured by RIA using myoglobin kit (Daiichi, Inc., Tokyo, Japan). The most common disorder of MU was septic shock with hypotension, followed by crush syndrome, major arterial occlusion by thormbosis, alcohol intoxication with status epilepticus, intoxication of unidentified snake venom and drug ingestion. On the basis of this limited amount of data, there is a significant association between high concentration in urine Mb(> 300 ng/ml) and ARF(Fisher's exact test, p< 0.005). To minimize the chances of development of ARF, routine urine Mb levels should be checked on patients at risk, especially septic shock with hypotension.
Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Human ; Kidney Failure, Acute/complications ; Male ; Middle Age ; Myoglobinuria/complications/*etiology ; Retrospective Studies

Aged ; Blue Toe Syndrome ; complications ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; etiology ; Male

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of the first episode of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis (PDAP) in patients receiving long-term peritoneal dialysis. METHODS: The clinical data of patients with the first episode of PDAP in 4 general hospitals in Jilin Province from 2013 to 2019 were collected retrospectively. According to the duration of dialysis, the patients were divided into long-term (≥36 months) and short-term (< 36 months) dialysis groups for comparison of the clinical data, treatment outcomes and long-term prognostic events. RESULTS: A total of 625 patients with PDAP were enrolled, including 93 on long-term and 532 on short-term dialysis. Compared with those on short-term dialysis, the patients on long-term dialysis had significantly higher hemoglobin levels and lower glomerular filtration rates when the first episode of PDAP occurred ( CONCLUSIONS Compared with those on short-term dialysis, patients on long-term dialysis are prone to gram-negative bacterial infection when the first episode of PDAP occurs with worse treatment outcomes but similar long-term outcomes. Long-term dialysis is an independent risk factor of extubation and treatment failure for the first episode of PDAP, and fungal and mixed bacterial infections are independent risk factors for treatment failure of the first PDAP in patients with long-term dialysis.
Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy* ; Peritoneal Dialysis/adverse effects* ; Peritonitis/etiology* ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome