OBJECTIVES To evaluate and compare the incidence and type of kidney-related complications among different modes of management for kidney injuries. DESIGN Trauma registry and medical record review study. SETTING Level I trauma center in Los Angeles, California. PATIENTS All patients with renal trauma injuries treated from January 1, 1993, through December 31, 2006. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES ...

disease). Transplantation is recognized as the most effective form of renal replacement therapy for these patients. Specific disease entities that causing chronic kidney disease are outlined in Box 117.1. Diabetic nephropathy is the most common single disease process leading to renal transplantation. Most renal grafts now function for longer than 10 years. The 1-year survival rate of renal tran...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Renal failure is a known complication of acute leukemias both at diagnosis and following cytostatic treatment. No recent studies give data on the incidence and risk factors of renal complications and their prognostic impact. DESIGN AND METHODS Two hundred and twenty consecutive adult patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia treated at a major university medical ce...

Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) occurs in 5-10% of SSc patients, who may present with an abrupt onset of hypertension, acute renal failure, headaches, fevers, malaise, hypertensive retinopathy, encephalopathy and pulmonary oedema. Patients at greatest risk of developing SRC are those with diffuse cutaneous or rapidly progressive forms of SSc, and treatment with a recently commenced high dose of ...

urinary tract infection (uti) is a common disease in childhood specially in female. in this study 50 patients with stablished diagnosis of uti were evaluated by both renal scan with tc-99m dmsa and renal sonography. the study revealed that most urinary tract infections are in children, female sex between 5-9 years of age. therefore the most important complications (renal scarring) are also comm...