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Chronic subdural hematoma is a seldom event in hemodialysis patients. In this article spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma occurred in a hemodialysis patient of 61 year-old-male was reported. He had a headache history f...

Primary lymphedema is a rare disease caused by a disorder of lymphatic system. Clinical presentation and age at onset are variable. AA amyloidosis is usually due to chronic inflammatory diseases, malignant tumors or less...

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...

Some degree of glucose intolerance develops in all patients with chronic renal failure. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of Parathyroid hormone (PTH) on peripheral glucose metabolism of patients w...

Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a malign disease of lmyphatic system. It’s known that, chronic renal failure may occur as a result of glomerular pathology which develops due to malign diseases. But, association of Hodgkin’s ...

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: Atherosclerosis is seen more frequently in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) due to the oxidative stress, chronic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. Besides lowering total and low density lipopr...

No satisfactory explanation has been made about chronic hemodialysis-induced hearing loss, yet. This study has been aimed to investigate whether there is a possible role of changes in antioxidant defense mechanisms in ch...

OBJECTIVE: The conditions underlying chronic renal failure have become epidemics in the world. The aim of this study was to reveal the degree of awareness of chronic renal failure among family physicians. MATERIAL and ...

Aspergillus infections may present in a variety of conditions including chronic sinusitis and are rarely seen in individuals without immune deficiency. A 69-year-old male patient was seen because of continuing complaints...

Chronic renal failure is a irreversible deterioration of the renal regulatory mechanisms of the fluid electrolyte balance and metabolic-endocrine functions as a result of reduced glomerular filtration rate. Hemodialysis,...

Both uremia and bioincompatibility of hemodialysis result in a chronic systemic inflammatory syndrome. There is evidence for the activation of monocytes and subsequent release of several proinflammatory cytokines in urem...

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...

Chronic pancreatitis is a rare cause of oxalate nephropathy. The aim of this case report was to present a patient hospitalized with acute kidney injury who was diagnosed with oxalate nephropathy and concurrent chronic pa...

OBJECTIVE: Proteinuria is an important marker that accelerates chronic kidney disease. Known antiproteinuric treatments are not always sufficient. In recent years, animal studies have shown that vitamin D has positive ef...

Chronic kidney disease can be defined as chronic and progressive deterioration of the regulation of fluid-solute balance and metabolic-endocrine functions of the kidney due to diminishing glomerular filtration. Inflammat...

The aim of this study was to determine the levels of sialic acid in the sera of patients with chronic renal failure and the effect of hemodialysis was also investigated. Regarding this aim, total sialic acid levels (TSA)...

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...

L-carnitine (L-C) deficiency seen in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients may contribute to heart failure and arrhythmias, through damaging the myocardial energy metabolism. In this study, the effect of L-C treatment on le...

İn the present study, anti-HCV IgM (EIA, Abbott), HCV-RNA by PCR and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were determined in 30 hemodialysis patients (16 F, 14 M) detected for anti-HCV positivity (ELISA-I1, Abbott) at ...

Objective: This study aimed to compare quality of life and sleep between patients with hemodialysis and patients with stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) who did not receive hemodialysis treatment. Material and Meth...

Abstract Background Chronic hepatopathies present a diagnostic challenge, with different diseases being associated with similar clinical and laboratory findings. Characterization of dogs with chronic hepatopathies can be...

Objective: Anemia is one of the most important factors that decrease the quality of life in patients with end-stage renal desease receiving hemodialysis treatment. In these patients, Erythropoietin stimulating agents (E...