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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...

Recurrence of glomerulonephritis (GN) is considered an important cause of allograft failure in kidney transplant recipients. It can present after transplantation with complications that are difficult to manage. In this c...

Adult polycystic kidney disease is transmitted in autosomal dominant pattern with a reported incidence of 1 in 1000 to 1 in 5000 cases. Horseshoe kidney is a renal fusion anomaly with an incidence of 1 in 400 to 1 in 180...

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...

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...

World Kidney Day 2016 focuses on kidney disease in childhood and the antecedents of adult kidney disease that can begin in earliest childhood. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood differs from that in adults, as the...

Kidney disease is a global public health problem, affecting over 750 million persons worldwide. The burden of kidney disease varies substantially across the world, as does its detection and treatment. In many settings, r...

Chronic diseases are currently the major cause of death in all over the world. Among chronic diseases, the prevalence and incidence of chronic kidney disease are progressively increasing and assuming a novel epidemic. It...

OBJECTIVES: Kidney biopsy is a valuable tool for both diagnosis and to guide treatment of renal diseases. In this report, we aimed both clinical and pathological evaluation of the kidney biopsies in our institution. MA...

Organ shortage is a significant problem for patients with end-stage renal disease seeking kidney transplantation despite efforts for increasing living kidney donation and strategies such as paired exchange. The donor poo...

OBJECTIVE: Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is the most common hereditary kidney disease. We presented the ADPKD patients who were not undergoing replacement therapy. MATERIAL and METHODS: Accordin...

OBJECTIVES: Although bowel obstruction due to encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a rare complication following kidney transplantation, all our patients were previous peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. The aim of...

Today, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a world-wide public health problem. Losing kidney function and occurance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are inevitablely the main clinical outcomes. Increasing evidence suggested t...

Patients with chronic kidney disease may show altered pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic responses to many drugs in comparison to patients with normal renal function. Therefore, effective and safe drug usage is difficu...

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of spironolactone on diastolic heart functions in patients with chronic kidney disease by tissue Doppler echocardiography. MATERIAL and METHODS: Twenty-four pat...

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare depression, anxiety and quality of life in kidney transplant patients with normal population and to evaluate mental well-being. MATERIAL and METHODS: One hundred renal transplan...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to retrospectively investigate and evaluate clinical findings and influencing factors related with graft and patient survival in kidney transplant recipients at Dokuz Eylul University ...

OBJECTIVE: Cadaveric organ donation is not at desired levels in our country. However, the number of patients on cadaveric kidney waiting lists is increasing. This situation also makes it difficult to follow cadaveric kid...

OBJECTIVE: Due to severe organ shortage, living kidney donors are important choices for transplantation. In Muslim countries, such as Turkey, living kidney donors are the main source of donor pool. In the literature, rea...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the rate of registration on a kidney transplant waiting list and to investigate related factors in our geographical region. Materials and Methods: We conducted this study with 3...

Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant with analgesic and anxiolytic effects and also an agent used for treatment of a variety of chronic neuropathic pains. Because gabapentin is eliminated solely through the kidney, kidney fai...

Alterations of gut microbiota composition and function in CKD may be due to ureamic state, metabolic acidosis, slow colonic transit, dietary restrictions and pharmacological therapies. These alterations induce microbial ...

OBJECTIVE: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a public healthcare issue that has reached epidemic proportions. Low levels of public awareness and early detection complicate the timely treatment of this disease. Awareness ra...

We described the clinical course of 4 patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) in whom kidney function improvement was delayed because of concomitant hypothyroidism. After initiating thyroid hormone replacement therapy, t...