Nephrology

Lege Artis Medicinae

MARCH 31, 2022

[Current issues in the peripartum management of diabetic women from the perspective of an internist-diabetologist]

KERÉNYI Zsuzsanna

[In pregnancy complicated with diabetes, treatment of hyperglycaemia is of fundamental importance during delivery in order to improve the outcome parameters of both the mother and the neonate. This is particularly important in the case of mothers with type 1 diabetes and of all mothers who require insulin treatment during their pregnancy. The use of antenatal steroids for women at risk of pre-term birth further complicates the treatment of hyperglycaemia in the period immediately before... tovább »

HUN 2022;32(03)

Clinical Neuroscience

MARCH 31, 2022

Weekly patterns of suicide and the influence of alcohol consumption in an urban sample

SAPOZHNIKOV Sergey , GOLENKOV Andrei , RIHMER Zoltán , UNGVARI S Gabor , GAZDAG Gábor

The weekly fluctuation in suicide rates is influenced by several factors including sex, psychiatric illness and alcohol dependence. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of current alcohol use on suicid Data on sex, date of death, results of blood and/or urine alcohol tests and history of alcohol dependence in suicide victims over the 1997-2002 period were retrieved from a forensic database in two cities in Chuvash Republic. Over the six-year study period, 1,379 suicides were... tovább »

ENG 2022;75(03-04)

Clinical Neuroscience

MARCH 31, 2022

How to manage MuSK antibody-positive myasthenic crisis during pregnancy?

ÇETİNER Mustafa , AKDAĞ Gönül , AKKOYUN ARIKAN Fatma, CANBAZ KABAY Sibel

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that is characterised by the formation of antibodies against acetylcholine receptors in the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction. The course of the disease cannot be predicted during pregnancy. A subtype of MG with positive muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (anti-MuSK) antibodies exhibits more localised clinical characteristics and a poor response to treatment compared with the disease subtype that involves positivity for... tovább »

ENG 2022;75(03-04)

Hypertension and nephrology

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

[Dialysis service in coronavirus pandemic]

SZEGEDI János, HORN Péter, GERGELY László, TÖLGYESI Katalin, MOLNÁR Gergely

[The coronavirus pandemic started at December 2019 from Wuhan. The rate of spread of the coronavirus epidemic has shocked the entire world, and the WHO declared it as a pandemic in March 2020. The first case in Hungary was confirmed in March 2020. The infection primarily damages the lungs but can also infect other organs. The relationship between coronavirus infection and the kidney is bidirectional. On the one hand, the infection can cause acute renal damage, and on the other hand, chronic... tovább »

HUN 2022;26(01)

Hypertension and nephrology

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

[Dialyzed patients with Covid-19 infection in Hungary in 2020]

KULCSÁR Imre

[We have observed the number and mortality of dialyzed patients with Covid-19 infection in 2020 in Hungary. We have summarized all of 54 dialysis facility where adult patients were treated. During the year, 1242 cases of infection were confirmed in patients undergoing dialysis. 16% (753/4704) of incident dialysis patients were infected. The number of dialysis patients with all Covid-19 infections was 1995. 31.1% of infected patients have died. The mortality was higher in large hemodialysis... tovább »

HUN 2022;26(01)

Hypertension and nephrology

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

[The safety and efficacy of LCP-tacrolimus in maintenance immunosuppressive therapy after kidney transplantation]

CSEPREKÁL Orsolya, KEGLEVICH András, REMPORT Ádám

[This paper provides a comprehensive review of a new, innovative formulation of one of the cornerstones of immunosuppressive maintenance therapy, tacrolimus (LifeCycle Pharma Tac, LCP-Tac, LCPT). This brief overview provides a deeper insight into the scientific literature of LCP-Tac. In summary, once daily LCP-Tac, a medication available in routine clinical practice, can provide effective and safe blood levels in renal transplant patients. Furthermore LCP-Tac may require lower doses of... tovább »

HUN 2022;26(01)