Background and Objectives:  The aim of this study was to survey the relationship between the level of  creatinine,cardiac troponins serum and the function of  the left ventricle in patients with  kidney insufficiency,without acute coronary syndrome. Materialsand Methods:The sample  was150 patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease without  acute  coronary  syndrome,  hospitalized  at  I...

Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis (CHF) is a rare disease that affects both the liver and kidneys.  Congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) is an autosomal recessive inherited malformation defined pathologically by a variable degree of periportal fibrosis and irregularly shaped proliferating bile ducts. Affected individuals also have impaired renal function, usually caused, in children and teenagers, by an...

Onconephrology is an emerging medical subspecialty focused on the numerous interconnections between cancer and kidney diseases. Patient with malignancies commonly experience kidney problems including acute kidney injury, tumor lysis syndrome, fluid and electrolyte disorders and chronic kidney disease, often as a consequence of the anti-cancer treatment. Conversely, a number of glomerulopathies,...

incidence of diabetes is increasing in developing countries as well as iran. half of the patients are not aware of their disease so screening of diabetes is necessary. lifestyle changes in society, high-saturated fat diet and decreased physical activity are the factors that influence the growing rate of diabetes in iran.1 the need for addressing type 2 diabetes has been clarified for family phy...

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), characterized by progressive loss of renal function, is becoming a growing problem in the general population. New analytical technologies such as “omics”-based approaches, including metabolomics, provide a useful platform for biomarker discovery and improvement of CKD management. In metabolomics studies, not only prediction accuracy is ...

Urine microscopy is an integral part of the clinical evaluation of patients presenting with kidney disease [1, 2]. Along with history and physical examination, directed serum tests, dipstick urinalysis, and at times, renal imaging, urine sediment examination provides an informative view into the kidney. Identification and quantification of the cells, casts and crystals present in the spun urine...

This paper outlines the methodology and the basic design principles underlying the development of the ontology suite in the EUfunded project CHRONIOUS, comprising a Middle Layer Ontology for Clinical Care (MLOCC) as well as two domain ontologies, one on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and one on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The article also sketches some major philosophical reflec...

This article outlines the increasing awareness, service development and research in renal disease in Aboriginal people in Australia's Northern Territory, among whom the rates of renal replacement therapy (RRT) are among the highest in the world. Kidney failure and RRT dominate the intellectual landscape and consume the most professional energy, but the underlying kidney disease has recently swu...