femoral mononeuropathy is a complication of gynecological and urological operations. tlte objective of this citse report is to bring to the attention of fellow urologists the very existence of this complication and offer measures to prevent it. a 48 year old obese worman with a 2 year history of frequent left renal colics, anil a nonfunction left kidney on ivp underwent a retrograde ureterogram...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: obesity in accordance with metabolic syndrome (mets) confronts populations at the higher risk of morbidity and mortality of chronic diseases including, chronic kidney diseases (ckd). the renal complication of obesity and mets has been less debated in young adolescents. the objective of this study was to assess the kidney function in obes...

introduction: evaluation of persistent vertigo in post infarct patients is very important as the management depends on whether the cause is purely of central origin or due to associated vestibular affliction.   case report: a patient with left sided dorsolateral medullary syndrome and persistent vestibular symptoms was evaluated. vestibular test battery showed abnormal smooth pursuit, bilateral...

Precipitin tests were performed on blood meals of 199 sand flies (161 Lutzomyia umbratilis, 34 L. spathotrichia, two Lutzomyia of group shannoni, one L. anduzei) in a non-flooded upland forest on the Campus of the Universidade Federal do Amazonas. This is the second largest forest fragment in an urban setting in Brazil. Results on L. umbratilis, which is considered to be the principal leishmani...

introduction: renal failure affects the mechanical and the ventilatory function of the lungs. a few studies have evaluated the ventilatory and pulmonary function in dialysis patients. the present study aimed to compare pulmonary function test (pft) results in patients undergoing hemodialysis (hd) and peritoneal dialysis (pd). materials and methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study on 50  pa...

conclusions the type and amount of fluid replacement therapy and optimizing hemodynamic status, before and during reperfusion of the transplanted kidney, are of particular importance during renal transplantation surgery. results general anesthesia was performed in 82% of patients and for the rest of them, spinal, epidural and combined spinal and epidural were done. the age of the patients was i...