nephrolithiasis was incidentally diagnosed in 2 arabian horses, a young foal and an adult mare, from maybod, yazd province, iran. the foal had bilateral neophrolithiasis, as multiple sand like stones in renal papillary area. large nephroliths were found in the left kidney of mare. prominent composition of those nephroliths was magnesium ammonium phosphate. risk factors and other aspects of neph...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although the elderly are at increased risk for acute renal failure, few prospective studies have identified risk factors for acute renal failure in the elderly. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS The associations of cardiovascular disease risk factors, subclinical cardiovascular disease, and clinical coronary heart disease with the risk for development of ...

OBJECTIVE There is no standardized therapy for renal amyloidosis, which shows rapid progression and poor prognosis. Here, we used cluster analysis to examine the correlation between amyloid-related renal damage and prognosis, and determined the clinicopathological prognostic factors for renal amyloidosis. METHODS AND PATIENTS We analyzed 125 patients with renal amyloidosis (men/women: 43/82; ...

BACKGROUND Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is an important cause of hypertension and renal allograft dysfunction occurring in kidney transplant recipients. However, conflicting predisposing risk factors for TRAS have been reported in the literature. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to assess the potential correlation between possible risk factors and TRAS in a group of livin...

OBJECTIVE The hyperfiltration hypothesis implies that children with a solitary functioning kidney are at risk to develop hypertension, proteinuria, and chronic kidney disease. We sought to determine the presenting age of renal injury and identify risk factors for children with a solitary functioning kidney. METHODS We evaluated 407 patients for signs of renal injury, defined as hypertension, ...

In the patient with obstructive jaundice, preliminary dehydration, combined with the toxic effects of free bilirubin and serum bile acids, together with factors which cause inhibition of fibrinolysis, determine a high degree of renal susceptibility to ischaemia. Evidence from animals and man suggests that intravascular coagulation determined by endotoxaemia from the obstructed biliary system oc...

Background: Traditional socio-economic status (SES) factors that have been associated with access to renal transplantation include race, gender and income. However, these traditional factors are neither specific nor sensitive for ‘at risk’ status. There are now new and comprehensive SES assessment tools like the Social adaptability index (SAI) that provide an accurate and reliable estimate of a...