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There may be different clinical presentations of kidney involvement in the course of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, within a spectrum of acute kidney injury, generally due to hemolysis, to chronic kidney disease. H...

Rhabdomyolysis develops due to skeletal muscle cell damage. One of the most important complications of rhabdomyolysis is acute kidney injury. Herein, we present a case found to have normal renal function at first hospita...

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been developed for the treatment of hypogammaglobulinemia and is also used for many systemic inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Acute kidney injury is a rare complication of the ...

Acute renal impairment due to rhabdomyolysis in patients with hypothyroidism is quite rare. We describe a case of acute kidney injury due to hypothyroidism-induced rhabdomyolysis in a 47-year-old man who was under levoth...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to closely follow up renal functions in patients for a period of 100 days after hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation in order to be able to determine the incidence, possibl...

A 31-year-old woman who had an uncomplicated cesarean section five days prior to admission presented with abdominal distention. Evaluation revealed acute renal failure and abdominal ascites. Diagnostic paracentesis showe...

Objective: An urgent hemodialysis (uHD) procedure is performed in acute kidney injury (AKI) with life-threatening complications. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical and laboratory findings that were assoc...

OBJECTIVE: Tissue injury occurs following reperfusion after creation of ischemia. Plenty of chemical agents have been shown to protect from such an injury. We planned to evaluate the protective effect of dexpanthenol (dx...

Objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by a rapid decline (i.e., within hours and days) of renal function. Long-term thirst due to fasting may cause a decrease in both the intravascular volume and kidney p...

Hereditary renal hypouricemia is a rare inherited disorder characterized by reduced tubular reabsorption of urate and low serum urate levels. Although it is usually asymptomatic, it may be complicated by exercise-induced...

The antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is characterized by antibodies directed either at plasma proteins bound to phospholipids or at the phospholipids themselves. APS is referred to as primary when it occurs alone...

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of hypoalbuminemia and hyperuricemia, and investigate uric acid albumin ratio association with mortality and acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients. ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients and to evaluate RIFLE criteria in critically ill patients. Prospective observational study. MATERIAL and METHOD...

In this study, the importance of urinary N-acetyl β-u glucosaminidase (NAG) as an index of renal injury was assessed inpatients with liver cirrhosis. The study was carried out on 14 cirrhotic patients without primary ...

Thrombotic microangiopathy is a pathological condition caused by several factors including drugs, and characterized by endothelial injury and small vessel occlusion. It may cause severe acute kidney injury. Everolimus, a...