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OBJECTIVE: In patients with primary FSGS, the degree of proteinuria, serum creatinine levels, histologic fi ndings, and response to therapy are important prognostic factors. In this study, the importance of immunofl uore...

Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a clinical condition that results from rapid destruction of the tumor cells and it is associated with life-threatening metabolic abnormalities. These metabolic abnormalities are hyperuricemi...

In solid organ transplant recipients, it is recommended that the necessary vaccinations be completed at least 4 weeks before transplant. Chickenpox infection in adulthood can lead to serious clinical conditions such as p...

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a chronic systemic disease that is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract accompanied by systemic vasculitis of small and medium-siz...

Medullary sponge kidney (MSK) is known as a congenital disesase with dilatation of collecting tubules. MSK is usually asymptomatic but various clinical manifestations may occur including nephrocalcinosis, renal tubular a...

A 64-year-old female presented to the emergency department with complaints of fatigue, diarrhea, dizziness, and fever. Initial evaluation revealed hyperkalemia and primary adrenal insufficiency. Computed tomography of th...

OBJECTIVE: Acute renal failure is a life-threatening event in critically ill children. The dialysis modality depends on the clinical status of the patient and technical opportunities. We aimed to assess the renal replace...

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is rarely seen in childhood. We present all- year-old girl diagnosed (by clinical and laboratory criteria) as suffering from abdominal and renal tuberculosis after being evaluated for fever, g...

In vitro thyroid function tests were performed on clinically euthyroid patients undergoing regular hemodialysis (HD) or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).Thyroid function abnormalities were studied in 27 C...

AIM: Acute renal failure (ARF) is an important clinical problem in the neonatal period and usually related with a primary disease. Unless diagnosed early and treated properly, it may cause significant mortality and mor...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical and laboratory characteristics of acute kidney injury (AKI) in newborns followed up in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). MATERIAL and METHODS: This prospective study was perfo...

OBJECTIVE: Hemolysis is one of the rare and occasionally fatal complications of hemodialysis. The cause of hemolysis should be found for the prevention of further hemolysis and deaths. The checklist for the cause of hemo...

OBJECTIVE: Cardiovascular diseases are prevalent in asymptomatic chronic hemodialysis patients. New cardiac biomarkers are required for early diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. In our study, we aimed to investigate as...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between glomerular C4d staining and the demographic, clinical and histopathological findings in patients with primary membranous nephropathy (MN). MATER...

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) findings of seven renal transplant patients out of 38 who presented with newly occured pulmonary infiltrates and fever (37 "C axillary), and did not respond to nonspecific therapy were studie...

Acute renal infarction secondary to atrial fibrillation is a rare clinical condition. Its clinical presentation can be confused with other diseases with similar initial symptoms, and this may delay the diagnosis and tr...

Recently, there has been a proliferation of simplified approaches to calculate the KtlVurea from pre— and postdialytic BUN measuraments in haemodialysis (HD) patients. We studied the relationship of clinical outcome pa...

Histological diagnosis and grading of acute renal allograft rejection does not always correlate with the clinical course and response to treatment. This may be due to inadequate sampling. But lack of objectivity in histo...

This study reports our experience on 54 children undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) over a period of eight years. The mean age was 11 years. The avarage follow up period was findings were examine...

The carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequent clinical symptom of dialysis-related amyloidosis. It is aimed to establish a correlation between hemodialysis duration (HD) and carpal tunnel (CT) and palmar radiocar...

The association between essential mixed cryoglobulinemia and HCV infection is well recognized. This study was designed to investigate the association between HCV infection and cryoglobulinemia as well as its clinical and...

End stage renal disease (ESRD) is known to be associated with well known risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) like hypertension and dyslipidemia. The aim of this study is to compare 2 groups of ESRD patients, who...

OBJECTIVE: Studies comparing ultrafiltration and diuretics in management of ADHF have shown controversial results. In this study, we compared the efficacy and safety of intravenous diuretic therapy and ultrafiltration in...

OBJECTIVE: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important problem in children worldwide. Clinical outcomes of CKD could be improved with early referral. In this study, we aimed to emphasize changing clinical and laboratory...