The response of the nephrological community to the Haiti and Chile earthquakes which occurred in the first months of is described. In Haiti, renal support was organized by the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) of ...

Although the safety of living kidney donation has been well established, prospective studies examining the physical and psychosocial aspects of the donor's quality of life are still scarce. Thus, the purpose of this ...

Background: Kidney health needs to be studied in low- and middle-income countries with populations living at high altitude and undergoing urbanization. We studied whether greater level of urbanization was associated with ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious life-threatening infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Recent findings indicate an increased risk for acute kidney injury ...

Microsomal lauric acid 12-hydroxy lauric acid (ω)-hydroxylation and fatty acid peroxisomal β-oxidation were studied in kidney tissue from starved rats. Starvation increased the microsomal ω-hydroxylation and peroxisomal ...