Short history about renal transplantation program in Iran and the world: Special focus on world kidney day

Short history about renal transplantation program in Iran and the world: Special focus on world kidney day.

*Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Tayebi Khosroshahi, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Telephone: 00984113373966, Fax: 00984113373966 Email: [email protected] 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. www.nephropathol.com DOI: 10.5812/jnp.2 J Nep...

World kidney day 2012: renal transplantation.

World Kidney Day 2012: the global role of kidney transplantation.

There remain major challenges to providing optimal treatment for ESRD worldwide and a need, particularly in low-income economies, to mandate more focus on community screening and implementation of simple measures to minimize progression of chronic kidney disease. The recent designation of renal disease as an important noncommunicable disease at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Noncommun...

[Diabetic renal disease: the World Kidney Day in Chile].

The third version of the World Kidney Day will be held on May 13, 2010 in Chile and will be focused in diabetic renal damage, the main cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Currently, we are living a pandemic of CKD, a progressive and irreversible condition with high social and economic impact. In Chile, we have 857 patients per million inhabitants in hemodialysis and 35% are secondary to diab...

World Kidney Day 2011.

Thomas H. Hostetter,* Daniel J. Kochis, Rachel N. Shaffer, Glenn Chertow, William E. Harmon, Paul E. Klotman, Neil R. Powe,** John R. Sedor, Paul C. Smedberg, Suzanne Watnick, and Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer*** for the ASN Public Policy Board *Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York; American Society of Nephrology, Washington, District of Columbia; Division of Nephrology, Department...