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During the past 25 years the results of organ transplantation have improved continuously. The steadily growing success of organ transplantation is only hampered by the lack of available donor organs. Despite the efforts ...

In solid organ transplant recipients, it is recommended that the necessary vaccinations be completed at least 4 weeks before transplant. Chickenpox infection in adulthood can lead to serious clinical conditions such as p...

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Twenty-two adults with the nephrotic syndrome related to idiopathic membranous nephropathy were assigned to conservative treatment or prednisolone and cyclophosphamide combination. At the end of follow up (median: 5,6 mo...

Cardiovascular complications are importent mortality and morbidity reasons in chronic haemodialysis patients. It is thought that parathyroid hormone (PTH) leads to cardiac complications and parathyroidectomy or active D3...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (Captopril) on renal hemodynamics in patients with acute renal failure (ARF). The resistive index (RI) value was calculated...

Objective: The study was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the effect of illness perception on the level of hopelessness in patients receiving hemodialysis. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted wi...

Diabetes which first appears after transplantation is called New Onset Diabetes Mellitus after Transplantation (NODAT). NODAT is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and decreased allograft survival. Risk fa...

Iliac artery aneurysms are commonly associated with abdominal aortic aneurysms, and isolated Iliac artery aneurysms are rare. Isolated Iliac artery aneurysm is commonly asymptomatic at diagnosis, though it can present ru...

Here, a fifty nine year old woman with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and pyogenic infection involving cervical spine is presented. The patient had chronic renal failure and was on maintenance hemodialysis for two years. Sh...

Alport’s syndrome is a hereditary kidney disease, frequently associated with hearing loss and ocular abnormalities. Type IV collagen is the main constituent of the basement membranes. Mutations in the COL4A3, COL4A4 an...

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate the clinical and laboratory findings of patients with AAamyloidosis. MATERIAL and METHODS: Fifty-nine patients with AA-amyloidosis were included in this study. The patients were d...

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to assess cognitive dysfunction, which is common in hemodialysis patients and difficult to diagnose, by an easily applicable test, the Mini Mental State Examination and Clock Drawing Test. MATER...

Renal artery stenosis is observed in 1-23% of the transplanted kidneys. It may result in graft dysfunction and hypertension but anuria is rare in patients with graft renal artery stenosis. We report a case of proximal tr...

OBJECTIVE: Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors are among the immunosuppressive drugs used in renal transplantation. The aim of this study was to reveal our experiences in conversion from calcineurin inhibitor...

OBJECTIVE: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important problem in children worldwide. Clinical outcomes of CKD could be improved with early referral. In this study, we aimed to emphasize changing clinical and laboratory...

OBJECTIVE: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Atherosclerotic changes in carotid arteries show the extent of systemic atherosc...

Diabetic nephropathy and hypertension are the leading causes of mortalitiy and morbidity in diabetes mellitus type 2 patients. Blockage of renin-angiotensin system with ACE inhibitors, retard the progression of diabetic ...

Objective: We investigated the effect of active D vitamin therapy on echocardiographic examination results in hemodialysis patients with hyperparathyroidism. Materials and Methods: This prospective study involved 20 pa...

In patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) the most important reason of increased mortality is cardiovascular disease. In these patients anemia is frequent and is shown to lead to left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH) an...

Percutaneous renal biopsy is an important method to establish a pathological diagnosis, to monitor the disease progression and to assess the response to therapy in children. The aim of this retrospective study was to ana...

OBJECTIVE: Although BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) has mostly been reported to occur in transplanted kidneys, there has been a gradual increase in cases of BKVN in the native kidney. This study was directed towards investig...

Glomerulocysüc kidney disease (GCKD) is an unusual form of cystic renal diseases in childhood characterized pathologically by cystic dilatations in Bowman's space. GCKD may be relatively underreported in children with e...

Polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common reasons of end stage renal failure. Polycystic kidney disease may result from many etiological factors, but frequently arises hereditarily. Autosomal dominant polycysti...