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Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent sustained arrhythmia in chronic kidney disease patients. When compared to warfarin, new oral anticoagulants are found to be non-inferior or superior in safety and eff...

Anemia is one of the common chronic renal failure (CRF) complications. Reduced renal erythropoietin (EPO) production and a shortened life span of erythrocytes due to uremic environment and iron deficiency are the main ca...

Intermittent intravenous and oral Calcitriol have been shown to be effective in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. We exomined the time course of serum levels of Intact...

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The incidence of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in kidney transplant recipients is 5%-15%, and HCV is an important risk factor for posttransplant kidney issues. Novel interferon-free regimens with direct-actin...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of common skin diseases in chronic kidney patients under medical treatment, and to determine their relations with chronic kidney disease stagin...

AIM: One of the problems in treating anemia of CRD is iron deficiency, and intravenous (IV) iron supplementation has become an accepted therapy of iron deficiency in CRD patients. However, it is known that free iron is p...

Oral sodium phosphate (OSP) is frequently used in colonoscopy preparation for both cost and ease of use. Acute renal failure may occur due to these OSP- and sodium phosphate-containing enemas used in colonoscopy preparat...

Aminoglycosides are a group of antibiotics commonly used in the treatment of serious gram-negative bacterial infections. We report a case of acquired Bartter-like syndrome (ABLS) observed following gentamicin treatment f...

In patients with chronic renal failure, erythropoietin (EPO) resistance is a great problem in treatment of anemia. One of the main reason of EPO resistance is iron deficienty anemia. Iron deficiency treated with oral iro...

L-Carnitine is an amino acid derivative which takes part in the transfer of long-chain fatty acids from cytosol to mitochondrial matrix through the inner mitochondrial membrane. Plasma and tissue carnitine levels of pati...

Hyperkalemia is a life-threatening electrolyte disorder. Elderly patients are more prone to developing hyperkalemia due to age-related decline in glomerular fi ltration rate. An 81-year-old female patient previously di...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, occasionally life-threatening, multisystem disorder, and renal involvement is one of the most common and most serious complications of SLE. Among the various histological ...

OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D insufficiency might have a role in numerous diseases including autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and heart diseases. The relationship between vitamin D insufficiency and hyp...