introduction one of the highly toxic mushrooms that are common in the northwest region of iran is amanita phalloides, which might result in renal or liver failure. case presentation this is a case report of a patient referred a few days after consumption of wild mushrooms to emergency department having gastrointestinal complaint whose experiments indicated liver and renal failure. the supportiv...

conclusions se supplementation can increase plasma se concentration and rbc gsh-pxs activity in patients with different stages of ckd. background plasma selenium (se) concentration and glutathione peroxidase (gsh-pxs) enzyme activity of the patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd) are usually lower than healthy individuals; however, the effect of se supplementation on the gsh-pxs activity in ...

background:poisoning with ethylene glycol (eg) can be fatal even if appropriate treatments are delivered. eg poisoning usually causes central nervous system depression, cardiovascular dysfunction, metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure (arf). case report:a 33-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with reduced consciousness and dyspnea of four-hour duration due to unknown rea...

background obesity is a risk factor that has been associated scientifically with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cancer and other life threatening diseases. the results of some studies have also shown that obesity is an independent risk factor for the development and progression of renal damage. objectives the aim of the current study is to define which general and central obesity anthr...

background chronic kidney disease (ckd) is a common medical condition among children and obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) is a frequent, chronic, costly, and disabling disorder among them. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) in children with early stages of ckd, and to compare it with the occurrence of ocd in healthy children. patients and ...

abstract the prevalence of bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ssnhl) is less than 5% and the etiology of most cases is unknown. due to many structural and functional similarities between the kidney and inner ear, many conditions, diseases, and drugs have both renal and cochlear effects and toxicities. there are several reports of ssnhl in patients with crf, uraemic patient, hemodialys...

background this retrospective study aimed to determine the epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors of chronic kidney diseases (ckd) in patients < 18 years old at a single referral center. materials and methods in a hospital-based case control study, 66 ckd patients less than 18 years old were compared to 81 control patients (also under 18) without ckd. a patient was defined as a ckd case...

background: primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (fsgs) is defined by the presence of proteinuria, often in nephrotic range and pathologically by segmental scars (ss). the aim of this study is to identify the possible predictors of complete remission or progression to chronic kidney disease in iranian adults with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. methods: in this historical coho...