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Sepsis is a common and important cause of mortality in critically ill patients. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most important factors determining morbidity and mortality in this clinical picture. Recent studies ...

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a complication of hyperthyroidism that is characterized by increased Na+/K+-ATPase activity. It can present with weakness and paralysis due to massive intracellular shift of potassi...

BACKROUND: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system plays a central role in fibrinolysis. Activation of the RAAS stimulates the expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), which can be directly implicated in t...

Uremic pruritus is a common complication of chronic renal failure. It affects approximately half of patients undergoing dialysis treatment. Even if the pruritus is not hazardous alone, it causes physical and mental fatig...

AIM: White coat hypertension has been described as continuously higher clinical blood pressure levels than day-time blood pressure levels. It has been known that the increased clinic blood pressure measurement in patient...

Contrast associated nephropathy is an acute disturbance of renal function that follows the intravascular administration of radiocontrast agents. This syndrome is usually recognized one or more days following the radiocon...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) and narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) are two distinct diseases that have not been classically shown to be related. The potential connection between the known immunological aetiology of AD and the proposed a...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a risk factor for chronic kidney disease and death. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a serious public health problem because of its associated morbidity, mortality, and health care cos...

The complement system is a mediator and marker of renal damage. There are three pathways of complement activation: classical, alternative and lectin pathway. Lectin pathway is initiated by binding of mannose-binding lect...

Patients with end-stage-renal disease (ESRD) experience a high cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hyperlipidemia and hypertension are very common. Recent epidemiological research ha...