objective: dalbegia saxatilis (d.saxatilis) is used as a decoction in traditional medicine for ailments such as cough, small pox, skin lesions, bronchial ailments and toothache. this study is aimed at evaluating the toxic effect of methanol leaf extract of d.saxatilis on renal function. materials and methods: wistar rats of both sexes were divided into four groups of five: control animals (grou...

background: cadmium (cd) is a heavy metal that has widespread use. it enters the food chain in different ways, including soil and water. cadmium can cause dysfunction of different body organs. zinc (zn) and magnesium (mg) supplementation can have protective effects against cadmium toxicity due to their antagonistic and antioxidants properties. this study examines the influence of supplemental z...

the relation between microchimerism and allograft tolerance is still a mystery. in this study we determined the presence of peripheral blood microchimerism (pbmc) in female renal transplant recipients from living male donors with second round polymerase chain reaction (pcr). second round pcr was used to find y chromocome products. the degree of pbmc in renal transplant recipinents must be below...

conclusions good knowledges for renal function remain a hallmark of daily practice of the anesthesiologist, considering renal function as an important determinant factor in anesthesia practice. context pre-existing renal dysfunction presents specific features that anesthesiologists must deal with. anesthesia and renal function are connected and can interfere with each other. induced hypotension...

introduction: it has been suggested that calculation of differential renal function (drf) using 99mtc-dmsa may lead to overestimation of the function of an obstructed kidney. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of diuretic administration on the determination of drf using 99mtc-dmsa scintigraphy in patients with dilated pelvis. methods: thirty three patients, aged from 2 months to 6...

a man with metastatic carcinoma of the colon had a bone scan which revealed urinary retention in the leftkidney. ten months later, a tc-99m-dtpa renai glomerular study showed the left kidney to have only 8% oftotal renal function. fifteen months after that, (he same kidney demonstrated 9% of total function, while theright kidney had evolving obstruction due to his neoplasm. the case shows that ...

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...

objective(s):   this study aimed to address the gold nanoparticle(gnp)-dose and exposure duration effect on the kidney function of rats: in vivo.   materials and methods: a total of 32 healthy male wistar rats were used in this study. animals were randomly divided into groups, three gnp-treated groups and control group. group 1, 2 and 3 received. /5 cc of solution containing 5, 10,100 ppm au vi...

total parenteral nutrition (tpn) has a vital role in controlling nutritional deficiencies especially in patients with critical conditions who are confined to bed in intensive care unit (icu). complete evaluation of the nutritional status of these patients is necessary to achieve their nutritional goal. the aim of this investigation was to study the complete blood count (cbc), coagulation parame...

conclusions the severity of pathological changes in renal parenchyma, due to upjo, is a good predictor of renal function recoverability, after pyeloplasty. the orus, with drf > 35%, usually have normal (grade i) renal biopsy and might be expected to present better functional recoverability after pyeloplasty. results this study showed a linear relationship between the severity of histological ch...