BACKGROUND Eosinophilic solid and cystic(ESC)renal cell carcinoma(RCC),a unique and emerging subtype of RCC,has an indolent nature;in some rare instances,it may exhibit metastatic potential.Current cases are inadequat...BACKGROUND Eosinophilic solid and cystic(ESC)renal cell carcinoma(RCC),a unique and emerging subtype of RCC,has an indolent nature;in some rare instances,it may exhibit metastatic potential.Current cases are inadequate to precisely predict the clinical outcome of ESC RCC and determine treatment choices.CASE SUMMARY Herein,we report two patients with ESC RCC.Patient 1 was a young woman with classical pathological characteristics.Patient 2 was a 52-year-old man with multifocal metastases,involving the pulmonary hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes,liver,brain,mesosternum,vertebra,rib,femur,and symphysis pubis.Awareness of ESC RCC,along with its characteristic architecture and immunophenotype,would contribute to making a definitive diagnosis,even on core biopsy samples.CONCLUSION The discovery of ESC RCC molecular signatures may provide new therapeutic strategies in the future.展开更多
Kidney disease after non-kidney solid organ transplantation(NKSOT)is a common post-transplant complication associated with deleterious outcomes.Kidney disease,both acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease(CKD)al...Kidney disease after non-kidney solid organ transplantation(NKSOT)is a common post-transplant complication associated with deleterious outcomes.Kidney disease,both acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease(CKD)alike,emanates from multifactorial,summative pre-,peri-and post-transplant events.Several factors leading to kidney disease are shared amongst solid organ transplantation in addition to distinct mechanisms unique to individual transplant types.The aim of this review is to summarize the current literature describing kidney disease in NKSOT.We conducted a narrative review of pertinent studies on the subject,limiting our search to full text studies in the English language.Kidney disease after NKSOT is prevalent,particularly in intestinal and lung transplantation.Management strategies in the peri-operative and post-transplant periods including proteinuria management,calcineurin-inhibitor minimization/sparing approaches,and nephrology referral can counteract CKD progression and/or aid in subsequent kidney after solid organ transplantation.Kidney disease after NKSOT is an important consideration in organ allocation practices,ethics of transplantation.Kidney disease after SOT is an incipient condition demanding further inquiry.While some truths have been revealed about this chronic disease,as we have aimed to describe in this review,continued multidisciplinary efforts are needed more than ever to combat this threat to patient and allograft survival.展开更多
Piperacillin/tazobactam and ciprofloxacin are often used in combination as initial empiric anti-biotic therapy in critical ill patients. Especially in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) th...Piperacillin/tazobactam and ciprofloxacin are often used in combination as initial empiric anti-biotic therapy in critical ill patients. Especially in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) the pharmacokinetics of antimicrobial agents can be highly variable. In order to avoid under- or overdosage of antibiotics therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is highly re-commendable. Based on two known HPLC assays for piperacillin a new method in combination with solid phase extraction (SPE) for the simultaneous determination of piperacillin and ciprofloxacin was developed. Method validation was performed according to the EMA guideline on validation of bioanalytical methods. The HPLC column used was a Perfect Bond ODS-HD C18 analytical column (100 mm × 4.6 mm i.d., particle size 5 μm), equipped with a guard column (10 mm × 4.6 mm, particle size 5 μm) containing the same packing material. Detection wavelength was set at 228 nm for piperacillin and benzylpenicillin was used as internal standard (IS). Ciprofloxacin was determined at two wavelengths (280 nm, 315 nm). This newly developed HPLC method in combination with SPE-extraction allows an accurate, precise, specific and efficient determination of piperacillin and ciprofloxacin in biological matrices. Results allow the calculation of all relevant pharmacokinetic data for critically ill patients undergoing CRRT and the optimization of dosing and TDM.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Eosinophilic solid and cystic(ESC)renal cell carcinoma(RCC),a unique and emerging subtype of RCC,has an indolent nature;in some rare instances,it may exhibit metastatic potential.Current cases are inadequate to precisely predict the clinical outcome of ESC RCC and determine treatment choices.CASE SUMMARY Herein,we report two patients with ESC RCC.Patient 1 was a young woman with classical pathological characteristics.Patient 2 was a 52-year-old man with multifocal metastases,involving the pulmonary hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes,liver,brain,mesosternum,vertebra,rib,femur,and symphysis pubis.Awareness of ESC RCC,along with its characteristic architecture and immunophenotype,would contribute to making a definitive diagnosis,even on core biopsy samples.CONCLUSION The discovery of ESC RCC molecular signatures may provide new therapeutic strategies in the future.
文摘Kidney disease after non-kidney solid organ transplantation(NKSOT)is a common post-transplant complication associated with deleterious outcomes.Kidney disease,both acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease(CKD)alike,emanates from multifactorial,summative pre-,peri-and post-transplant events.Several factors leading to kidney disease are shared amongst solid organ transplantation in addition to distinct mechanisms unique to individual transplant types.The aim of this review is to summarize the current literature describing kidney disease in NKSOT.We conducted a narrative review of pertinent studies on the subject,limiting our search to full text studies in the English language.Kidney disease after NKSOT is prevalent,particularly in intestinal and lung transplantation.Management strategies in the peri-operative and post-transplant periods including proteinuria management,calcineurin-inhibitor minimization/sparing approaches,and nephrology referral can counteract CKD progression and/or aid in subsequent kidney after solid organ transplantation.Kidney disease after NKSOT is an important consideration in organ allocation practices,ethics of transplantation.Kidney disease after SOT is an incipient condition demanding further inquiry.While some truths have been revealed about this chronic disease,as we have aimed to describe in this review,continued multidisciplinary efforts are needed more than ever to combat this threat to patient and allograft survival.
文摘Piperacillin/tazobactam and ciprofloxacin are often used in combination as initial empiric anti-biotic therapy in critical ill patients. Especially in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) the pharmacokinetics of antimicrobial agents can be highly variable. In order to avoid under- or overdosage of antibiotics therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is highly re-commendable. Based on two known HPLC assays for piperacillin a new method in combination with solid phase extraction (SPE) for the simultaneous determination of piperacillin and ciprofloxacin was developed. Method validation was performed according to the EMA guideline on validation of bioanalytical methods. The HPLC column used was a Perfect Bond ODS-HD C18 analytical column (100 mm × 4.6 mm i.d., particle size 5 μm), equipped with a guard column (10 mm × 4.6 mm, particle size 5 μm) containing the same packing material. Detection wavelength was set at 228 nm for piperacillin and benzylpenicillin was used as internal standard (IS). Ciprofloxacin was determined at two wavelengths (280 nm, 315 nm). This newly developed HPLC method in combination with SPE-extraction allows an accurate, precise, specific and efficient determination of piperacillin and ciprofloxacin in biological matrices. Results allow the calculation of all relevant pharmacokinetic data for critically ill patients undergoing CRRT and the optimization of dosing and TDM.
