1 Gulhane Military Medical Academy Department of Nephrology, Ankara, Turkey 2 Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Internal Medicine Ankara, Turkey aBSTRaCT aım: Elderly patients with renal disease have recently attracted increased attention. There has also been an increase in renal biopsies in these patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the renal biopsy...

2–4. Pathology of the urinary system KH Consequences of renal failure. Basic mechanisms of renal failure (prerenal, intrinsic and post-renal), fundamental differences between acute and chronic renal failure. Various categories of renal disease e.g. congenital/inherited, circulatory, toxic, glomerular disease, tubulointerstitial disease, parasitic disease and neoplasia. Lower urinary tract (e.g....

Loss of hearing is a known problem in patients with chronic renal failure, occurring in 40-XO% of cases and being most often of the high frequency sensorineural type. We performed a study on 50 patients with this disease, including 20 who had undergone a successful kidney transplantation. Our results show an 80% incidence of hearing loss in these patients and a chance of improvement in at l...

INTRODUCTION Renal dysfunction is common in chronic liver disease. The cause of this renal dysfunction is either multi-organ involvement in acute conditions or secondary to advanced liver disease. OBJECTIVES The study was undertaken to assess the renal function in chronic liver diseases and find out the association of alteration of renal function with gradation of liver disease. (assessed by ...

conclusions since parents’ behaviors affect their children, it is advisable to implement effective interventional programs to increase parents’ awareness about smoking and its harmful environmental effects. results results of the study showed that 76.4% of children knew what a cigarette is; 41.2% had talked about smoking with their parents; 1.4% had asked to buy one due to the attractive appear...

5 CONTENTS 6 ABBREVIATIONS 8 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS 9 INTRODUCTION 10 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 12 1. Cardiovascular disease in chronic renal failure 12 2. Clinical manifestations of atherosclerotic vascular disease in chronic renal failure 15 2.1. Coronary artery disease 15 Diagnosis of coronary artery disease 16 2.2. Cerebrovascular disease 18 Diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease 18 2.3...

diabetes mellitus is the most common cause of chronic renal disorders and end-stage kidney disease in developed countries. it is the major cause of dialysis and transplantation. failure in renal function causes wide disorders in the body. diabetes results in wide range of alterations in the renal tissue. it is believed that early histological changes in diabetic nephropathy are detectable 2 yea...