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*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 on March 8, 2012, provides a chance to reflect on the success of kidney transplantation as a therapy for end-stage kidney disease, which surpasses dialysis treatments both for the quality and quantity of life it provides and for its cost effectiveness. Anything that is both cheaper and better but is not actually the dominant therapy, must have other drawbacks that prevent repla...

Dear Editor, Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the life-threatening conditions that demand more attention from healthcare industry (1, 2). Annual reports of 2015 World Kidney Day (WKD) predict an increase in CKD by 2030 among the African and Asian population (2). However, the main focus of WKD 2015 is to educate public in preventing CKD among underprivileged community. The ISN (Internation...

BACKGROUND Although screening programs for chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be of great value, these programs are not yet implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This study focused on proteinuria and examined its prevalence in terms of the number needed to screen for the different risk factors of CKD. Such knowledge would guide the utility of population screening to prevent end-stage r...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; AKI: Acute Kidney Injury; PE: Pre-Eclampsia; SLE: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; RA: Rheumatoid Arthritis; SS: Systemic Scleroderma; ESRD: End-Stage Renal Disease; CVDs: Cardiovascular Diseases; GFR: Glomerular Filtration Rate; sCR: Serum Creatinine; LLAC: Lupuslike anticoagulant; PE-AKI: Preeclampsia Acute...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; AKI: Acute Kidney Injury; PE: Pre-Eclampsia; SLE: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; RA: Rheumatoid Arthritis; SS: Systemic Scleroderma; ESRD: End-Stage Renal Disease; CVDs: Cardiovascular Diseases; GFR: Glomerular Filtration Rate; sCR: Serum Creatinine; LLAC: Lupuslike anticoagulant; PE-AKI: Preeclampsia Acute...

W orld Kidney Day, a joint initiative of the International Society of Neph-rology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF), aims to spread the crucial message that kidney disease is common, harmful, and treatable. Common because chronic kidney disease (CKD), defi ned as a glomerular fi ltration rate of less than 60 ml per minute and/or the presence of microalbuminuria...