conclusions: the current review is aimed at analyzing and managing various clinical aspects of hypothyroidism in hospitalized elderly, and critically ill geriatric patients. context: articles in various international and national bibliographic indices were extensively searched with an emphasis on thyroid and hypothyroid disorders, hypothyroidism in elderly hospitalized patients, hypothyroidism ...

conclusions in conclusion, dietary counseling of patients on hd is mandatory. interventions that consider the socio-economic situation allow delivering important messages on foods with the least amount of p and adequate protein content, and they may be a successful strategy in targeting patients at a higher risk of hyperphosphoremia. results results showed serum p level was reduced in patients ...

introduction percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl) is a standard, safe, and efficient method for removing large renal calculi. despite development of endourologic equipment, complications of the pcnl are still prevalent. even though therapeutic modalities such as mini-micro pcnl have been developed in recent years, the complications are a serious concern yet. the most important complication is he...

bardet-biedl syndrome (bbs) is one of the rare autosomal recessive disorders that affect multiple organs of the body. the signs and symptoms of this condition vary among affected individuals, even among members of the same family. we present a case of bbs with features of hypogonadism and features such as marked central obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, renal abnormalities and mental ...

conclusions people with chronic kidney disease regardless of their age, gender, state of health, and duration of hemodialysis experience high levels of fatigue; it is particularly important for health providers to understand this level of fatigue which affects the daily life of patients. results all the patients experienced degrees of fatigue and 50 (30.7%) of the participants experienced a hig...

background and aim the most common complication of renal transplantation is allograft dysfunction, which in some cases leads to graft loss. the role of graft nephrectomy in the management of transplant failure is controversial. the procedure remains associated with a significant morbidity and also mortality. our main purpose was the comparison between clinical and pathological diagnosis of graf...

there had been few if any study for second pancreas transplant outcome and consequences in patients with simultaneous kidney pancreas transplant after failure of the first pancreas allograft. the aim of this study was to compare the patient and graft survival and clinical outcomes and complication of the second pancreas transplant in patients with simultaneous kidney pancreas, compared with pan...

loss of hearing is a known problem in patients with chronic renal failure, occurring in 40-xo% of cases and being most often of the high frequency sensorineural type. we performed a study on 50 patients with this disease, including 20 who had undergone a successful kidney transplantation. our results show an 80% incidence of hearing loss in these patients and a chance of improvement in at least...

conclusions according to high prevalence of malnutrition in our patients with esrd undergoing hemodialysis, periodic assessment of nutritional status is necessary in them. meanwhile we found sga as the best tool to assess nutritional status in patients with esrd undergoing hemodialysis, because it can recognize various degrees of malnutrition that may remain undetected by a single laboratory as...