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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate effect of salt and fluid restriction education for patients undergoing hemodialysis and nonadherent to fluid restriction treatment on blood pressure and weight gain. MATERIAL ...

Objective: Renal biopsy plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases. The aim of the present study was to review the reasons leading to biopsy and the pathological diagnoses and to investigate th...

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...

The syndrome of acute bilateral basal ganglia lesions associated with uremia presents with parkinsonism, altered mental status, and chorea in association with specific imaging findings in the basal ganglia. It is an unco...

OBJECTIVE: Cardiac autonomic dysfunction (COD) is one of the important factors implicated in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension (HT). Heart rate variability (HRV) measurement has been used widely to determine the C...

It has been claimed that the diuretic action of furosemide (F) is decreased in patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS), because less F reaches renal tubules in hypoalbuminemia since F is bound tightly to albumin (A). It ha...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between early stage hypertensive retinopathy (HTRP) and endothelial dysfunction (ED) in atherogenesis. MATERIAL and METHODS:Atotal of 99 subjects consisting of 73 patients di...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefullnes of low dose ACTH stimulation test for both assesment of adrenal function and determination mild adrenal insufficiency, and to determine adrenal gland sizes radi...

OBJECTIVE: The relationship between obesity and essential hypertension is well known. The aim of our study was to evaluate ambulatory blood pressure of obese and non-obese patients diagnosed with hypertension, and to inv...

OBJECTIVE: Hypertension is one of the most common reason of mother and fetus mortality in pregnancy. In our study, we investigated the prevalence of hypertension in pregnant women. MATERIAL and METHODS: Sample of the s...

We aimed to investigate the effects of treatment with amlodipine and valsartan, on markers of bone remodeling in newly diagnosed hypertensive adults. Forty-three subjects with newly diagnosed were included in the study. ...

OBJECTIVE: Most deaths in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are attributable to cardiovascular disease (CVD). The relationship between serum asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and CVD has been investig...

OBJECTIVE: A number of studies report CXCL-16 as a new chemokine that mediates the collection of leukocytes and adhesion of macrophages to coronary artery smooth muscle cells, and stimulates atherosclerosis. However, the...

OBJECTIVE: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is the acute kidney injury developing following the administration of contrast agent after all other reasons are excluded. We aimed to determine the role of NGAL in the urine...

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