C. Massara

TL;DR: In hospitalised adult patients with severe COVID-19, TCZ could be a safe option and an improvement in respiratory and laboratory parameters was observed, requiring future controlled trials to confirm the definite benefit with IL-6 target therapy.

TL;DR: In patients with nondiabetic proteinuric nephropathies treated with T, the combination of V or A does not significantly increase its antiproteinuric effect.

TL;DR: In this sample of patients with aggressive IgG4-RD and renal involvement, treatment aimed at depleting B cells and decreasing antibody and cytokine production was associated with a substantial, persistent increase in eGFR, and a definite improvement in immunologic, radiologic and histological parameters.

TL;DR: The clinical features of 417 deaths in conditions of cachexia recorded in 1981 to 1990 in the Dialysis and Transplantation Registry of a northern Italian region, Piedmont are analyzed to assess whether the frequency of this diagnosis reflected the wide acceptance of elderly patients for dialysis and was a marked of vascular disease.

TL;DR: In the authors' experience, renal biopsy is safe even in very elderly patients; it allowed targeted treatment in 51.9% of patients, 52.9%" of whom had a good clinical response, possibly contributing to prolonged patient survival and improved quality of life.