OBJECTIVES To assess (a) the prevalence of microalbuminuria in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, (b) the association between urinary albumin excretion and disease activity as estimated by the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C reactive protein (CRP), and (c) the association between urinary albumin excretion and treatment with antirheumatic drugs. METHODS Sixty five patients with rheumatoi...

AIMS Contrast media-induced nephropathy (CIN) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The renal endothelin system has been associated with disease progression of various acute and chronic renal diseases. However, robust data coming from adequately powered prospective clinical studies analyzing the short and long-term impacts of the renal ET system in patients with CIN are missing ...

The clinical entity of benign essential hypertension is often subdivided into labile essential hypertension and stable essential hypertension. To establish less arbitrary limits between normotension and labile and stable benign essential hypertension, 70 subjects (56 with benign essential hypertension) were classified according to (a) the usual blood pressure index for each subject and (b) the ...

Microalbuminuria is a new tool in the management of patients with diabetes mellitus or hypertension. Microalbuminuria is an easily measured biomarker in a urine sample. Urinary albumin to creatinine ratio in first morning urine sample correlates with 24 hours urinary albumin excretion, but it is easier to obtain, and can identify hypertensive or diabetic patients with high risk for cardiovascul...

A 51-year-old woman with asymptomatic proteinuria and haematuria was admitted for a renal biopsy. Upon admission, her blood pressure was 118/68mmHg. Urinalysis revealed proteinuria 1þ, blood 2þ, but glucose-negative. A microscopic examination showed 0–1 white and 20–30 red blood cells per high power field. Laboratory investigations showed serum total protein 6.8 g/dl, albumin 4.3 g/dl, sodium 1...

Background and Aim: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in decompensated cirrhosis serves as an independent predictor of prognosis. Hence, early identification AKI plays pivotal role planning management better clinical outcome such patients. The main objective this study was to determine spot urine sodium potassium (Na/K) ratio patients admitted with evaluating its correlation ac...

The role of salt restriction in patients with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus is controversial, with a lack of well controlled, longer term, modest salt reduction trials in this group of patients, in spite of the marked increase in cardiovascular risk. We carried out a 12-week randomized double-blind, crossover trial of salt restriction with salt or placebo tablets, each for 6 ...