study of a family with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseases (adpkd) in five generations, including 96 healthy and 47 affected individuals, has been carried out in tehran. investigation on individuals, including final diagnoses by clinical findings, sonography, radiography and laboratory results, have lead to the completion of genealogical chart of the family. the affected individuals h...

context hepatitis b vaccination of hemodialysis patients is performed all over the world. there are also recommendations from world health organizations to vaccinate patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd) prior dialysis commencement, but the implementation of a hepatitis b vaccination program is less common and not well organized. evidence acquisition this review article summarizes data ind...

objective(s):micrornas (mirnas) are small non-coding rna molecules that regulate gene expression. they have important roles in kidney development, homeostasis and disease, and participate in the onset and progression of tubulointerstitial sclerosis and end-stage glomerular lesions that occur in various forms of chronic kidney disease (ckd). in the present study, we elucidated the role of micror...

results the results showed that the means of patients' expectations were more than their perceptions of the quality of provided services in all dimensions, which indicated that there were gaps in all dimensions. the highest and lowest means of negative gaps were related to empathy (-0.52 ± 0.48) and tangibility (-0.29 ± 0.51). in addition, among the studied patients' demographic characteristics...

background: l-carnitine may prevent the incidence of aki by its antioxidant effects and improving circulation in ischemic conditions. the goal of this trial was to evaluate the impact of l-carnitine on contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing elective pci. methods: totally, the patients were randomly allocated to 2 groups. the treatment group received 1 g of l-carnitine orally 3 time...

background: the presence of hyperuricemia and renal function impairment, especially in the absence of urate stone formation is strongly suggestive of lead nephropathy. the evaluation of this association is essential in areas where lead exposure is still prevalent and uncontrolled. objective: to determine the relationship between serum uric acid and renal function indices in lead-exposed workers...

background: cytomegalovirus (cmv) disease is an important cause of death and possibly transplant rejection in kidney transplant (kt) patients. this study was conducted to investigate the incidence and risk factors of cmv disease in kidney transplant patients. methods: all end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients who underwent kidney transplantation during 1998-2014 and their donors were assessed...

conclusion vttq can sensitively detect the elasticity changes in patients with ckd, and it can effectively predict renal insufficiency. this technology provides a valuable tool for the assessment of ckd. patients and methods sixty-five patients with ckd and seventy healthy participants were included in this study. a total of 270 kidneys were examined by vttq. the kidney elasticity was expressed...

kaposi᾽s sarcoma (ks) can develop in 0.06% to 4.1% of kidney transplant recipients. here we describe a case of 50-year-old man who developed ks a few months after kidney transplantation . after transplantation, he had delayed graft function and was managed by anti-thymocyte globulin (atg) for five days. at the discharge, his immunosuppressive therapy was prednisolone 20 mg/day, ttacrolimus (ppr...