Objective: It’s recommended to use equations such as Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) and Chronic Kidney Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) by using creatinine level estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Here, we aimed compare serum cystatin-C (Cys-C) Cys-C based with patients chronic kidney disease (CKD) nephrotic syndrome (NS).

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital in August 2011 with a 5-day history of fever. She had been taking predonisolone at 10 mg/day for several years as treatment for autoimmune thrombocytopaenia. On admission, she was febrile with a body temperature of 38.5°C, and peripheral oxygen saturation was 88% in room air. Serum β-D-glucan and galactomannan (GM) testing yiel...

INTRODUCTION Patients with acute chest pain remain a great diagnostic challenge to emergency physicians. It is estimated that 30% of patients presenting with chest pain will be diagnosed with an acute coronary syndrome. [1] However, none of the traditional clinical data, 12-lead ECG, biochemical markers of necrosis, or imaging techniques can be considered a true gold standard for the diagnosis ...

The formalin-ether sedimentation (FES) method is considered as reliable method of fecal examination for the detection of parasites. In this study, we re-evaluated several aspects of FES such as (i) pretreatment of feces; (ii) fi ltration of fecal suspensions; (iii) test-tube material and (iv) substitution of ether by other organic solvents as to see an improvement in parasite egg recovery. The ...

Laminin (LAM) and fibronectin (FI) are regarded as major components of the glomerular extracellular matrix. The aim of this study was to define the distribution of LAM and FI in primary glomerulonephritis (GN) and GN of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to correlate the type of glomerular disorders with possible changes in the expression of these components. Normal portions of kidney tissu...