Education and End of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease: Disparities in Black and White Daniel Cukor* and Paul L. Kimmel *Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York; and Division of Kidney Urologic and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health...

Introduction: Urologic pathologies of children are frequent. Urinary apparatus diseases occupy the third position after those of respiratory and digestive tracts in children. Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate epidemiologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of urologic pathologies of children in our hospital. Patients and Methods: This work is a descriptive and retros...

Renal scintigraphic methods, which are physiologic and minimally invasive, have played important role in the management of various renal diseases in children, providing sensitive tool for early detection of disease even before structural changes become prominent and giving valuable functional and anatomical information to aid medical decision makings in the treatment and follow-up of patients. ...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether disease representation in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) reflects disease burden, measured by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study as disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Two investigators performed independent assessment of ten men's health and urologic diseases (MHUDs) in CDSR for systematic review an...

98 ­ Each human kidney contains about 1 million functional units that remove wastes from the blood, help control the body’s fluid balance, and regulate electrolyte balance. New research in mice could help explain how kidneys generate the correct number of functional units, called nephrons, during development. (Left panel) Mice treated to have fewer nephron progenitor cells (bottom) during devel...

INTRODUCTION To date, little information exists regarding urogenital diseases in those who have been exposed to sulfur mustard (SM). We report the self-reported history of urologic conditions and findings on physical examination in a group of male veterans 19 to 26 years after exposed to high-dose sulfur mustard. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data on urologic health conditions of a nationwide health ...

Ureteral stictures cross a broad range of severity and can arise from infectious, iatrogenic, and disease-related sources. These can be amongst the most difficult urologic diseases to treat effectively. In this session, we will review various treatment options that can be applied effectively to improving treatment outcomes.

Ureteral stictures cross a broad range of severity and can arise from infectious, iatrogenic, and disease-related sources. These can be amongst the most difficult urologic diseases to treat effectively. In this session, we will review various treatment options that can be applied effectively to improving treatment outcomes.