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 Pediatric kidney transplant patients have an increased risk of developing arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, carbohydrate intolerance and diabetes mellitus, factors associated with cardiovascular morbidity mortality. Objective This study evaluates the frequency dyslipidemia alteration in metabolism a cohort pediatric during 2006-2016 at Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital, Colombia. Materia...

between april 5, 1988 and sept. 3, 1992, 204 cases of kidney transplantation were performed using modified licht&apos;s implantation technique and from sept. 4, 1992 to sept. 3, 1993, 57 cases were done with barry&apos;s method. age ranged from 11 to 60 years and in both groups had nearly similar distribution. kidneys were provided from live donors. immunosuppressive therapy was similar in all ...

in the september and november 2006 issues of nature clinical practice nephrology , two articles regarding living unrelated kidney donor transplantation alluded to the practices in iran. having served in the planning, supervision and implementation of various aspects of health care in iran, including organ transplantation (anh), and as transplant nephrologists who have actively participated in t...

heart failure is common in patients with chronic renal disease, either as a complication of renal failure or from shared risk factors, or is the major cause of death in patients on dialysis. at present, end stage renal disease (esrd) patients who have systolic heart failure are considered high-risk for surgery; and nephrologists and cardiologists are reluctant to refer these patients for kidney...