BACKGROUND To evaluate the accuracy of helical computerized tomography urography (CTU) in diagnosing urinary tract disease. METHODS We collected 102 patients who underwent CTU from March 2001 to September 2002. The clinical symptoms of these patients included: flank pain or hematuria, which were clinically suggestive of urinary system disorders. All patients received CT scan with or without i...

BACKGROUND Although renal denervation significantly reduces blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension, the role of the renal nerve in hypertension with metabolic syndrome is unknown. We investigated the impact of long-term renal denervation on SHR/NDmcr-cp(+/+) (SHRcp) rats, a useful rat model of metabolic syndrome, to determine the role of the renal nerve in hypertension with meta...

Kidney disease and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are discussed. Pregnancy in women with kidney disease is associated with significant complications when renal function is impaired and hypertension predates pregnancy. When renal function is well preserved and hypertension absent, the outlook for both mother and fetus is excellent. The basis for the close interrelationship between reproduct...

The coagulation system has gained much interest again as new anticoagulatory substances have been introduced into clinical practice. Especially patients with renal failure are likely candidates for such a therapy as they often experience significant comorbidity including cardiovascular diseases that require anticoagulation. Patients with renal failure on new anticoagulants have experienced exce...

Total number of abortions: 30,699.  60% of abortions were criminal and the re- mainder were due to:  (a)Cervical incompetence  (b) hypothyr oidism (c) Listeriosis (d) Toxoplasmosis (e) Luteal phase deficiency (f) Placental deficiency Mg) Rh and ABO incompatibility and unknown etiology.  Therapeutic abortions were also performed in several cases due to:  (a) Miliary tube...

BACKGROUND Magnesium plays a key role in maintaining internal homeostasis through actions in the musculoskeletal, nervous, endocrine and cellular messenger systems. Renal excretion is the major route of magnesium elimination from the body. A positive magnesium balance would be expected in renal failure. However, a compensatory decrease in tubular reabsorption is expected to operate to maintain ...

inner ear cells are sensitive to some metabolic and hormonal disorders, but the relation between chronic renal failure (crf), regular dialysis treatment (rdt) and sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) is still a debatable field. the object of this paper was to verify the presence of snhl in patients submitted to hemodialysis with different duration due to crf and in those submitted to conservative ...

Acid-base and potassium disorders occur frequently in the setting of liver disease. As the liver's metabolic function worsens, particularly in the setting of renal dysfunction, hemodynamic compromise, and hepatic encephalopathy, acid-base disorders ensue. The most common acid-base disorder is respiratory alkalosis. Metabolic acidosis alone or in combination with respiratory alkalosis also is co...

The pineal hormone melatonin plays a major role in circadian sleep-wake rhythm. Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), especially those who are on hemodialysis, frequently suffer from sleep disturbances. In this review an overview is given of the classification of stages of chronic kidney disease, followed by a presentation of the circadian rhythm disorders in renal disease involving sleep...