BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Plasma protein pentraxin 3 concentrations are elevated in a wide range of diseased states. However, no study has evaluated protein pentraxin 3 in patients with chronic kidney disease. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Plasma protein pentraxin 3 concentrations were analyzed in relation to GFR, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and protein-energy wastin...

Mortality in chronic kidney disease remains high, particularly among the elderly, who represent the most rapidly growing segment of the end-stage renal disease population in wealthier countries. The management of older adults with chronic kidney disease has become a clinical challenge, and care for those patients expected to progress to end-stage renal disease should focus on evaluating the ove...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to determine the serum aminotransferase levels of patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease and establish their relationships with serum creatinine levels and glomerular filtration rate. METHODS Patients with chronic kidney disease were evaluated between September 2011 and May 2012. Aminotransferase and creatinine serum levels were measured using an automate...

Abstract Background: Although wound complications post renal transplantation procedure is not strange,p resenting with loss of skin at the right lower quadrant and an exposed recipient kidney definitely extremely extraordinary. The purpose this case study to showcase a patient who developed substantial necrosis abdominal wall following Living unrelated Right Renal (LURRT) in order highlight imp...

Combined heart and kidney transplant has become an accepted therapy for patients with coexisting heart and kidney failure. This method, compared with single-organ transplant, has a better outcome. Here, we report the first successful combined heart and kidney transplant in Iran. The patient was a 36-year-old man with end-stage renal disease owing to IgA nephropathy, admitted to Masih Daneshvari...

world kidney day (wkd) is a joint initiative of the international society of nephrology (isn) and the international federation of kidney foundations (ifkf). seven years on from the first campaign, world kidney day (wkd) has turned into a global phenomenon. on march 13, 2014, medical professionals, government officials, the general public, celebrities and patients took action locally. in 2014, t...

The prevalence of pain has been reported to be >60-70% among patients with advanced and end-stage kidney disease. Although the underlying etiologies of pain may vary, pain per se has been linked to lower quality of life and depression. The latter is of great concern given its known association with reduced survival among patients with end-stage kidney disease. We herein discuss and update the m...

those that are being considered as potential kidney donors, need to be carefully screened and excluded from having ADPKD (KHA-CARI ADPKD Guidelines: Genetics, Imaging, and Screening subtopics), prior to living donor transplantation. Nephrectomy of a polycystic kidney prior to the time of transplantation may be required due to insufficient intra-abdominal space for the new allograft. Nephrectomy...