INTRODUCTION Among the increasing chronic degenerative diseases, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health challenge facing the 21st century. OBJECTIVES To estimate the GFR by using the CKD-EPI formula among subjects aged 18-59 years, and to identify factors associated with glomerular filtration rate (GFR). METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted on adults...

OBJECTIVE Herein, the impact of off-clamp open partial nephrectomy on early postoperative period renal functions were evaluated in patients with low RENAL nephrometry scoring small renal masses. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-three patients (12 women, and 11 men) who had undergone non-hilar clamping open partial nephrectomy in our clinic between the years 2010, and 2013 were retrospectively eval...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess a suggested association between periodontitis and renal insufficiency by assaying kidney disease markers. METHODS VARIABLES USED TO DIAGNOSE PERIODONTITIS WERE: (i) probing pocket depth (PPD), (ii) attachment loss (AL), (iii) bleeding on probing (BOP), (iv) plaque index (PI) and (v) extent and severity index. Blood and urine were collected from 6...

Living donor kidneys have been associated with better graft and overall survival in kidney transplant recipients. Although a living kidney donation is generally considered safe in carefully selected living donors, concerns of possible adverse effects related to kidney donation remain, especially in younger and high-risk donors. In this study, we examined the changes in a panel of traditional an...

OBJECTIVE African-American women represent an understudied population in menopause research yet face greater postmenopausal challenges associated with mortality than their white peers. We investigated the effects of a mild-intensity aerobic exercise training program on markers of mortality risk in both premenopausal and postmenopausal African-American women. METHODS Sixteen premenopausal wome...

Epidemiological studies have shown that obesity is associated with chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease. These studies have used creatinine derived equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and have indexed GFR to body surface area (BSA). However, the use of equations using creatinine as a surrogate marker of glomerular filtration and the indexation of GFR for BSA can...

BACKGROUND Valvular disease can course with heart failure (HF), anemia and renal dysfunction (RD), increasing the nutritional risk and worsening patient prognosis. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of anemia and RD in patients with valvulopathy with or without HF, as well as establish a correlation with the nutritional status. METHODS A total of 104 patients admitted at the Clinic of Val...

OBJECTIVE B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a cardiac hormone. The results of previous in vitro studies suggest that neurohumoral factors, and not only hemodynamic factors, may cause BNP secretion. In this study, we examined the impact of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels on the relationship between echocardiographic parameters and plasma BNP levels in patients with cardiovascular disease...

BACKGROUND The performance of creatinine-based glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimating equations may vary in subgroups defined by GFR, age and body mass index (BMI). This study compares the performance of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study and Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equations with the revised Lund-Malmö equation (LM Revised), a new eq...

Can creatinine clearance in children clear the indexing GFR with BSA from the charge of errors? We read with interest the article of Delanaye and colleagues stating that indexing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with body surface area (BSA) required mathematical prerequisites to be satisfied, even though many studies reported they were not [1]. Although not the gold standard to measure GFR, cre...