background: chronic kidney disease is a progressive and irreversible loss of renal function. anemia is one of the main complications of end-stage renal disease (esrd) which is linked closely with other complications of the disease. the primary therapy for anemia in these patients is erythropoietin (epo). the goal of this study was to find the effect of vitamin d administration in addition to th...

epidermal nevus syndrome is a rare congenital disorder, characterized by epidermal nevi and multiple organ involvement. multicystic kidney disease has been very rarely reported in this syndrome. here is the report of a boy presented with multiple epidermal nevi, cardiac anomaly, seizure attack, hemi hypertrophy, and multicystic dysplastic kidney complicated with wilms' tumor. according to this ...

background few studies have focused on patients’ characteristics that affects acute kidney injury (aki) after total knee replacement surgery (tkr). objectives the primary objective of this retrospective study was to identify patients’ characteristics associated with aki after tkr. patients and methods between january 2008 and december 2009, 659 patients with a mean age of 67.1 years (range, 39-...

background: recent interests have mainly focused on the roles of serum calcium and phosphorus and their product (ca-p product) in the development of valvular heart disease. the present study assessed the relationship between the ca-p product and the severity of valvular heart disease in end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. methods: this cross-sectional study ...

abstract background: quality of life is a concept, which in recent years is considered as a measure for health in chronic diseases such as kidney diseases. complications of chronic diseases can affect the quality of life in children and their families over time. therefore, empowerment programs are necessary to improve their quality of life. this study aimed to investigate the impact of the fami...

background considering the significant geographical and ethnical differences in pattern of incidence, etiology and outcome of chronic kidney disease (ckd), the present study aimed to assess the etiology and outcome of ckd in iranian children. materials and methods in a cross-sectional study etiology and outcome of 372 children aged 3 months to 18 years with ckd was studied during the period 199...

background and objective: endocrine disorders are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (ckd). the aim of the present study is reviewing available literature to give a deep understanding of complexities of endocrine disorders in chronic kidney disease. methods: a narrative reviewing method based on the available literature was approached. findings: generally, when renal function decrea...

abstract objectives: interruption of rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has become a leading therapeutic strategy in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy however, aceis and arbs do not uniformly suppress the rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. plasma aldosterone levels are elevated in a group of patients despite therapy and this phenomenon known as aldosterone escape or aldosterone break...

the rise in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (ckd) and an increase in the prevalence of obesity in parallel in the recent years is a great concern. ckd increases the rate of cardiovascular disease (cvd) and development of end-stage renal disease, and leads to premature death. although no direct causality link between obesity and ckd can yet be established, this appears highly probable. ...