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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Urology and Nephrology

Urology and Nephrology current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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May 2024

Atlas of intracorporeal orthotopic neobladder techniques after robot-assisted radical cystectomy and systematic review of clinical outcomes 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.11.017

Bladder trauma: a guideline of the guidelines 10.1111/bju.16236

Clinicopathological characteristics and predictors of outcome of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: a retrospective study 10.1186/s12882-024-03532-y

Consensus recommendations on fasting during Ramadan for patients with kidney disease: review of available evidence and a call for action (RaK Initiative) 10.1186/s12882-024-03516-y

Effect of multidisciplinary care on diabetic kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study 10.1186/s12882-024-03550-w

Health-related quality of life after a diagnosis of bladder cancer: a longitudinal survey over the first year 10.1111/bju.16242  

Management of kidney transplant recipients for primary care practitioners 10.1186/s12882-024-03504-2

Management of lymph node-positive penile cancer: a systematic review 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.04.018

Methodological rigour in preclinical urology: a systematic review reporting research quality over a 14-year period 10.1111/bju.16171  

Off-clamp vs on-clamp robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1111/bju.16250  

Post-prostatectomy anastomotic stenosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of endoscopic treatment 10.1111/bju.16141

Prostate-specific membrane antigen–targeted therapies for prostate cancer: towards improving therapeutic outcomes 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.11.018

Rate and reasons for peritoneal dialysis dropout following haemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis switch: a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1186/s12882-024-03542-w

The stuck haemodialysis catheter—a case report of a rare but dreaded complication following kidney transplantation 10.1186/s12882-024-03507-z

Tranexamic acid for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: an abridged Cochrane review 10.1111/bju.16244  

Uric acid in predicting the traumatic rhabdomyolysis induced acute kidney injury; a systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1186/s12882-024-03509-x

Urinary function in female patients after traditional, organ-sparing and nerve-sparing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a systematic review and pooled analysis 10.1111/bju.16152

Sources

BJU International (Mar-Apr); BMC Nephrology (Mar); European Urology (Mar-Apr)

March 2024

Benefit finding in chronic kidney disease patients receiving hemodialysis DOI: 10.1186/s12882-024-03480-7

COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfad170

Detrusor relaxing agents for neurogenic detrusor overactivity DOI: 10.1111/bju.16142

The efficacy and safety of metastasis-directed therapy in patients with prostate cancer DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.10.012

European Association of Urology guidelines on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer: summary of the 2023 guidelines DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.08.016

Gender-affirming care in urology: emergency care of the gender-affirming surgical patient—what the primary urologist needs to know DOI: 10.1111/bju.16249

Haemorrhagic cystitis: a review of management strategies and emerging treatments DOI: 10.1111/bju.16140

The impact of body mass index on oncological and surgical outcomes of patients undergoing nephrectomy DOI: 10.1111/bju.16103

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy vs retrograde intrarenal surgery for renal stones: a Cochrane Review DOI: 10.1111/bju.16220

Poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor combinations in first-line metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer setting DOI: 10.1111/bju.16130

Primary cilia and actin regulatory pathways in renal ciliopathies DOI: 10.3389/fneph.2023.1331847

Primary whole-gland ablation for the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer: a Focal Therapy Society best practice statement DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.06.013

Recommended calcium intake in adults and children with chronic kidney disease—a European consensus statement DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfad185

The role of 99mTc‐sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in the diagnostic pathway for renal masses DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.07.013

The role of BAFF and APRIL in IgA nephropathy: pathogenic mechanisms and targeted therapies DOI: 10.3389/fneph.2023.1346769

Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys (updated Cochrane intervention review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008973.pub3

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts for adults with hepatorenal syndrome (new Cochrane intervention review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011039.pub2

Sources used: BJU International (Dec, Jan, Feb); BMC Nephrology (Feb); Cochrane Library (Jan-Feb); European Urology (Dec, Jan, Feb); Frontiers in Nephrology (Jan, Feb); Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Feb)

January 2024

Aligning germline and somatic mutations in prostate cancer. Are genetics changing practice? DOI: 10.1111/bju.16120

Beautiful and effective: what art can do for nephrologists and for our patients DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfad228

Checkpoint inhibitors in urothelial carcinoma—future directions and biomarker selection DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.05.011

Chronic kidney disease (new Cochrane reviews): Antioxidants for adults DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD008176.pub3; Synbiotics, prebiotics and probiotics DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD013631.pub2

Comparing the outcomes of open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a network meta-analysis DOI: 10.1111/bju.16093

Continence problems and mental health in adolescents from a UK cohort DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.05.013

Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections (updated Cochrane review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001321.pub7

Diagnosis, treatment, and survival from kidney cancer: real-world National Health Service England data between 2013 and 2019 DOI: 10.1111/bju.16128

Dialysis resource allocation in critical care: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the promise of big data analytics DOI: 10.3389/fneph.2023.1266967

Estimating the association between systemic Interleukin-6 and mortality in the dialysis population. Re-analysis of the global fluid study, systematic review and meta-analysis DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03370-4

Frailty and prognosis of patients with kidney transplantation: a meta-analysis DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03358-0

Guideline of guidelines: follow-up after orchidectomy for clinical stage 1 testicular cancer DOI: 10.1111/bju.16111

Impact of performance status on efficacy of systemic therapy for prostate cancer: a meta-analysis DOI: 10.1111/bju.16106

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus retrograde intrarenal surgery for treatment of renal stones in adults (new Cochrane review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013445.pub2

Tranexamic acid for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (new Cochrane review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015122.pub2

UK Kidney Association Clinical Practice Guideline: Sodium-Glucose Co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) Inhibition in Adults with Kidney Disease 2023 UPDATE DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03339-3

Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management (updated NICE guideline CG148)

Sources used: BJU International (Oct, Nov); BMC Nephrology (Oct); Cochrane Library (Oct, Nov); European Urology (Nov); Frontiers in Nephrology (Oct); Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Oct); NICE (Oct)