End-stage renal disease in living kidney donors

End-stage renal disease and chronic kidney disease in Brazil.

The world is facing an epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This report discusses the present state of chronic kidney disease care in Brazil. We report frequency of dialysis treatment and prevalence of kidney transplantation throughout Brazil. We estimated the number of CKD patients in the country through a mathematical extrapolation based on data generated by the NHANES. On January 2007, ...

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome with End Stage Renal Disease

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 ...

Evaluation the Cause of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in Kidney Transplant Patients-A Single Center Study

metabolic syndrome in end stage renal disease

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Barriers to living kidney donation identified by eligible candidates with end-stage renal disease.

BACKGROUND Among eligible transplant candidates with end-stage renal disease, only a minority receive a living donor kidney transplant (LDKT), suggesting that there are barriers to receipt of this optimal therapy. METHODS A validated questionnaire was administered to adults active on the deceased donor transplant waiting list, identified from the Southern Alberta Renal Program database. The q...