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In nephrology practice, the association of renal failure and deafness immediately brings to mind the Alport syndrome. However, in the differential diagnosis of deafness and renal failure a great number of syndromes rangi...

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), popularly known as “ecstasy”, is a synthetic, psychoactive drug. MDMA has been reported to have several severe adverse effects including rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure, ...

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...

Glomerular tip lesion is frequently used to defi ne a histological variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Most patients with glomerular tip lesion have nephrotic syndrome and show a good response to steroid treat...

Acute renal failure is defined as the abrupt decline in glomeruler filtration rate resulting from ischemic or toxic injury and observed mostly in the critical care units. The most important factors playing role in the ...

Ethyleneglycol (EG) belongs to the group of dihydric alcohol, a colourless, odourless, sweet tasting fluid. Intake of EG, either accidentally or suicide attempt, is characterised by severe acidosis, depression of centr...

McArdle Disease (Glycogen Storage Disorder Type V) is one of the most common inherited genetic alterations known to increase the risk of rhabdomyolysis. It is characterized by glycogen phosphorilase deficiency and is gen...

A 31-year-old woman who had an uncomplicated cesarean section five days prior to admission presented with abdominal distention. Evaluation revealed acute renal failure and abdominal ascites. Diagnostic paracentesis showe...

Ainhum disease is characterized by the spontaneous autoamputation of the fifth toe. In ainhum disease there are many medical problems that might accompany this unknown disease. Ainhum disease associated with end stage re...

OBJECTIVE: This research was carried out to examine the levels of anxiety and coping styles of patients with chronic renal failure. MATERIAL and METHODS: This research was conducted with 258 patients treated at the Ha...

In this retrospective study we evaluated 64 patients with acute renal failure (ARF) for age, sex, etiology, renal failure index (RFI), fractional excretion of sodium (FENa), blood urea nitrogen (BUN)\ creatinine, the hig...

"Widespreadly performing cardiac operations and their successfull results, caused to think these operations in the patients with high risk and comorbidities, or for treated patients. Main reason of death in chronic renal...

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 heart failure (HF) often develop hyponatremia owing to the activation of many neurohormonal systems leading to decreased sodium levels. Treatment options for hyponatremia such as water restriction or the us...

Chronic renal failure (CRF) is defined as a serum creatinine above 1mg/dl in the 1st year of life, which corresponds to creatinine clearances below 30ml/min per 1.73m². CRF is rarely seen in the newborn period. Acco...

Gluteal compartment syndrome is a rare reason of rhabdomyolysis resulting from atraumatic origin, and leading to renal failure. Beside to other atraumatic causes like drug abuse, alcohol intoxication, and antihyperlipide...

Objective: Renal cystic diseases consist of a broad spectrum of hereditary or acquired conditions that may lead to end stage renal disease. We aimed to evaluate our patients diagnosed as renal cystic disease in terms of ...

The amount of protein in the diet is one of the factors determining the rate of progression of chronic renal failure. Since 1980, reducing dietary protein intake has received most attention as a potential intervention to...

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...

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 ...

OBJECTIVE: This study has been planned to examine the effect of end-stage renal failure (ESRF) on mobility and balance in hemodialysis patients. MATERIAL and METHODS: The study sample consisted of eighty healthy volunt...

Metformin is a biguanide used in the treatment of type 2 diabetic patients with normal renal function. Lactic acidosis is the most serious side effect of metformin. Renal failure is the most common cause of reduced lacta...

Licorice root has glycyrrhizic acid as the active ingredient and is responsible for a primary hyperaldosteronism-like syndrome with hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and hypertension, typically accompanying low aldostero...

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,...