Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) has become a worldwide public health problem, but
little information is available about the disease burden in China. We aimed to evaluate the …

Background Previous studies on the pneumonia outbreak caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) were mainly based on information from adult populations. Limited …

Results The incidence of CA-AKI and HA-AKI was 2.5% and 9.1%, respectively, giving rise
to an overall incidence of 11.6%. Although the risk profiles for CA-AKI and HA-AKI differed, …

Elevated protein catabolism and protein malnutrition are common in patients with chronic
kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The underlying etiology includes, …

COVID-19 has recently become the most serious threat to public health, and its prevalence
has been increasing at an alarming rate. The incubation period for the virus is ~1–14 days …

Background Interleukin-18 (IL-18) mediates ischemic acute tubular necrosis; it has been
proved as a rapid, reliable, and affordable test marker for the early detection of acute kidney …

Background Recent studies have indicated that phosphorus may play an independent
pathogenic role in chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, but some of those studies were …

Drug conjugates are conjugates comprising a tumor-homing carrier tethered to a cytotoxic
agent via a linker that are designed to deliver an ultra-toxic payload directly to the target …

Processed food has become an indispensable part of the human food chain. It provides rich
nutrition for human health and satisfies various other requirements for food consumption. …

Here we report a case of a laboratory-confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-infected
patient with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) who developed respiratory failure and …