the world hypertension day celebrates 17 th of may of every year by concentrating on an important global health subject. for world hypertension day (whd) 2014, they have chosen “know your blood pressure “as the theme. chronic kidney disease is a worldwide public health puzzle and hypertension is one the most important cause of damage to the kidneys. in fact by improved screening, diagnostic eff...

In this paper, we investigated a C-arm tomographic technique as a new three dimensional (3D) kidney imaging method for nephrolithiasis and kidney stone detection over view angle less than 180o. Our C-arm tomographic technique provides a series of two dimensional (2D) images with a single scan over 40o view angle. Experimental studies were performed with a kidney phantom that was formed from a p...

BACKGROUND Renal sinus fat may mediate obesity-related vascular disease, although this fat depot has not been assessed in a community-based sample. We sought to develop a protocol to quantify renal sinus fat accumulation using multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT). METHODS Protocol development was performed in participants in the Framingham Offspring cohort who underwent MDCT. Volumetric ...

Recently, the ERBP (European Renal Best Practice) guideline on kidney donor and recipient evaluation and perioperative care has been published and disseminated to the international nephrology community. This guideline aims at providing evidence-based recommendations on the evaluation of the kidney transplant candidate. They evaluate the immunologic workup of kidney donors and recipients, they r...

Paediatric kidney transplantation into adult recipients is a well-recognised technique. However, there are different opinions regarding two methods of transplantation. These two opinions are single kidney transplantation (SKT) and en bloc kidney transplantation (EBKT) from donors up to 20 kg. We are reporting the first successful en bloc kidney transplantation from a small, paediatric donor int...