Updates in hyperkalemia: Outcomes and therapeutic strategies

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Ebola virus outbreak, updates on current therapeutic strategies.

Filoviruses are enveloped negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, which include Ebola and Marburg viruses, known to cause hemorrhagic fever in humans with a case fatality of up to 90%. There have been several Ebola virus outbreaks since the first outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 of which, the recent 2013-2015 epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone is the largest i...

Updates on and Advances in Therapeutic Strategies for Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a debilitating injury that affects numerous individuals, as it may result from trauma sustained by motor vehicle accidents, sports injuries, combat, or other events. The long-term effects of TBI are debilitating and pervasive and can impact an individual’s family, career, and overall ability to function in society. This special issue of Cell Transplantation is de...

Treatment strategies for well-differentiated liposarcomas and therapeutic outcomes.

This study examined 45 patients with well-differentiated liposarcoma who were surgically treated at our hospital (initial surgery in 41 patients and reoperation in 4). Only one patient had recurrence among patients who underwent initial surgery, and the recurrence was localised in the retroperitoneal space. For patients who underwent reoperation, the mean time between the initial surgery and th...

Hyperkalemia among hospitalized patients and association between duration of hyperkalemia and outcomes

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to investigate predictors of mortality in patients hospitalized with hyperkalemia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data among hospitalized patients with hyperkalemia (serum potassium ≥ 5.1 mEq/l) were collected. Patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis were excluded. RESULTS Of 15,608 hospitalizations, 451 (2.9%) episodes of hyperkalemia occurred in 408 p...