femoral mononeuropathy is a complication of gynecological and urological operations. tlte objective of this citse report is to bring to the attention of fellow urologists the very existence of this complication and offer measures to prevent it. a 48 year old obese worman with a 2 year history of frequent left renal colics, anil a nonfunction left kidney on ivp underwent a retrograde ureterogram...

objective(s):   this study aimed to address the gold nanoparticle(gnp)-dose and exposure duration effect on the kidney function of rats: in vivo.   materials and methods: a total of 32 healthy male wistar rats were used in this study. animals were randomly divided into groups, three gnp-treated groups and control group. group 1, 2 and 3 received. /5 cc of solution containing 5, 10,100 ppm au vi...

total parenteral nutrition (tpn) has a vital role in controlling nutritional deficiencies especially in patients with critical conditions who are confined to bed in intensive care unit (icu). complete evaluation of the nutritional status of these patients is necessary to achieve their nutritional goal. the aim of this investigation was to study the complete blood count (cbc), coagulation parame...

Nowadys herbal medicine is marketing without standard toxicological study. Although people believe that herbal medicine do have any toxic effects, there are some reports indicating the toxicity of the herbal medicine. The aim of this investigation is to study the renal and hepatic effects of Echium Amoenum (EA) and Valeriana Officinalis (VO). Percolated extract of these plants with doses of 100...

purpose post exercise proteinuria and increased urinary gamma-glutamyl transferase (ggt) levels can be indicative of exercise-induced renal damage. the aim of this investigation is to study the effect of one session of intensive training on renal damage markers and compare their values to those 6 hours after training. methods in this cross-sectional study with pre- and post-test design, 10 elit...

objective: thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (ttp) is the most malignant variant of microangiopathy that usually presents by typical symptoms including thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, neurological abnormalities, fever and renal impairment. report of the case: we report a 12-year-old male presented by cytopenia, fever, purpura on his extremities, seizure and lethargy. peripheral blood smea...