The warning signs are an increase of creatinine, the occurrence of thrombocytopenia, hemolysis and/or proteinuria. Prevention of SRC is based on three principles: identifying patients at risk, recognizing precipitating factors in order to avoid them, and patient therapeutic education. Exposure to ...
, a professor and the clinical chief of nephrology at UCLA Health in Los Angeles. Until a few years ago, there were few options to treat rare kidney diseases in general. But several new breakthroughs are proving to be game changers—and particularly for people living with IgAN. “It is ...
However, hematologists are in the unique position to diagnose AL amyloidosis at a presymptomatic stage, checking biomarkers of amyloid organ involvement in patients with monoclonal gammopathies at higher risk to develop the disease. Adequate technology and expertise are needed for a prompt and correct...
What types of tests are used to diagnose cancer? Describe a disease or disorder of the urinary system. Include: cause(s), signs and symptoms, treatments, prevalence and prognosis. Colorectal cancer often develops from polyps in the intestinal lining. What is a poly...
cloudy urine has a variety of causes and is common with crystals and purine-rich food. Foul-smelling odor cannot be used in spontaneously voiding or catheterized patients to diagnose UTI, and urine odor is primarily dependent on the patient’s urea concentration in the urine and hydration status...