Background: Hypertension is one the most common causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). One of the major concerns in hypertensive patients is early detection of renal disorders. In the past, serum creatinine (Scr) concentration was used as a marker of kidney function, but it proffers a late reflection of reduced glomerular filtration rate. Cystatin C and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocal...

Background and Purpose: Hospital readmission after kidney transplantation is a real challenge for both patients and healthcare systems. Assessment of the risk factors of readmission after kidney transplantation is vital and can reduce morbidity and cost in transplant recipients and donors. The aim of the current study was to determine the risk factors of hospital readmission in patients undergo...

background nephrotoxicity is characterized and scored by many parameters such as vacuolization, dilatation, hyaline cast, debris or degeneration in injured renal tissue. in this short report, we attempt to find, the most correlated parameters with kidney tissue pathology damage score (pds) in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. method a total of 207 normal and toxic rats’ kidney tissue (induced b...

nitric oxide (no) is implicated as an important mediator of, or intermediary in, inflammation, immunity and neurotransmission. in the kidney, no is involved in haemodynamic regulation, control of vascular tone and tubular function. formation of oxygen-derived free radicals (ofr) have been documented in renal ischaemia- reperfusion before. in this study , we investigated the significance of no f...