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Perinephric abscess is a clinical state which is usually diagnosed late and mortality rate is high. Here, a perinephric abscess formation in a chronic hemodialysis patient who was treated as recurrent urinary tract infec...

A 42-year-old female with history of surgery due to urolithiasis was admitted to hospital with complaints of fever, left fl ank pain and vomiting. She was found to have acute kidney injury due to urinary tract infection....

INTRODUCTION: The absence of clinical clue of volume excess does not exclude of hypervolemia. The aim of study was to evaluate the value of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for detection subclinical hypervolemia in...

There is no consensus on the selection of peritoneal dialysis catheter implantation techniques, and whether to choose surgery or the percutaneous method, because of the advantages and disadvantages of both techniques. We...

The critical factor in restoration and conservation of urban streams and their catchments is the human population, however the most of studies of urban ecosystems do not present social descriptors as concrete variables o...

The development of a postoperative lymphocele after renal transplantation is a well-described complication that occurs with relative frequency. Management options have previously included simple aspiration, percutaneous ...

Peritoneal dialysis has become an important renal replacement therapy (RRT) for children with endstage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of this study is to report the short term results of a pediatric center. From Decembe...

Orbital cellulitis is uncommon sequelae of the spread of odontogenic infection to adjacent maxillary sinuses or to distant sites such as the orbits. Once it happened, the spread of such infection can be of serious compli...

Peritonitis is the most frequently encountered serious complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Fungal peritonitis is relatively uncommon and Aspergillus Niger peritonitis is extremely rare in CA...

Pericardial dialysate leakage in peritoneal dialysis patients is a rare but serious complication. Increase in intraabdominal pressure, peritonitis, adhesion due to abdominal procedures, and cardiac and pericardial proced...

Renal abscess is uncommon in childhood and requires hospitalization, drainage and antibiotic therapy. In this paper, we report two children with renal abscess treated only with antibiotic therapy. The diagnosis had been ...

Today still there remains some questions about renal transplantation to the ones who had bladder augmentation due to improper bladder dynamics. From a lot of centers the reports with small numbers and short follow up per...

A 70-year-old woman is hospitalized after a fall that resulted in a right femoral neck fracture. Her medical history includes obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). She has smo...

The Guañacos fold and thrust belt, located between 37° and 38° S in the eastern foothills of the Main Andes is characterized at its eastern border by a series of NE, NW and N- neotectonic faults associated with the An...