We evaluated the performance of automated-flow cytometry, urinalysis dipsticks and microscopic urine sediment analysis as predictors of urinary tract infection. Urine cultures were used as a reference method for comparison. Six-hundred-seventy-five urine samples from hospitalized and not hospitalized patients attended at Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, in south Brazil, were included in the ...

BACKGROUND The effect of sodium intake on the cardiovascular system remains controversial. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between sodium intake and cardiovascular structure and function in the nonhypertensive population. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional analysis in 1,586 nonhypertensive subjects who participated in the Korean Genome Epidemiology Study (2007-200...

1. Increased urinary albumin excretion is common in patients with essential hypertension and is at least to some extent correlated with prevailing blood pressure levels. However, the generalized vascular dysfunction present in advanced atherosclerotic disease may independently influence this parameter. 2. To evaluate this possibility, we assessed blood pressure, ultrasonographic carotid thickne...

PURPOSE To assess the outcome of urologic evaluation in patients with voiding dysfunction due to multiple sclerosis (MS) and to determine the relationship between urological and neurological parameters of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 249 consecutive patients (162 female and 87 male) with MS who were referred to our clinic between 199...

One main pathophysiological mechanism underlying the increased risk for uric acid nephrolithiasis in humans with the metabolic syndrome is the excretion of unduly acidic urine, in part because of reduced excretion of the main urinary buffer, ammonium. The Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat, an established rodent model of the metabolic syndrome, has similar urinary abnormalities, attributed in part...

BACKGROUND Bryophyllum pinnatum, commonly known as Pattharcaṭṭa, is used traditionally in ethnomedicinal practices for the treatment of kidney stone and urinary insufficiency. AIM The present study evaluated the effect of Bryophyllum pinnatum on ethylene glycol (EG)-induced renal calculi in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Renal calculi were induced in rats by administration of 0.75% EG in drink...

INTRODUCTION Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infectious diseases in children. The aim of this study was to determine the total prooxidant and antioxidant capacity of children with UTI, as well as changes of oxidative status parameters according to acute inflammation persistence and acute kidney injury (AKI) development. MATERIALS AND METHODS The patients enro...

conclusions urinary ghrelin concentration was lower before treatment of uti and significantly increased after cessation of inflammation. further studies are required for more definite results. patients and methods this study was performed on 40 hospitalized children with uti at mofid children’s hospital during years 2013 to 2014. ghrelin and creatinine were measured before and after treatment. ...

OBJECTIVE To assess renal involvement in sick neonates referred to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) using standard renal parameters and urinary beta 2 microglobulin (B2M) excretion. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Level II NICU and Nephrology Division of Pediatric Tertiary hospital. SUBJECTS Forty six term sick neonates transferred for neonatal care and forty healthy term neonates wh...

We evaluated the performance of urinalysis dipsticks and microscopic urine sediment analysis as predictors of urinary tract infection (UTI) in patient visiting hospital. The samples were processed for macroscopic examination to observe Leukocyte esterase (LE) and Nitrite (NIT) by dipstick method, microscopic examination to observe pus cells, culture of urine sample on Blood agar and MacConkey a...