The renal vasculature plays a major role in the regulation of renal blood flow and the ability of the kidney to control the plasma volume and blood pressure. Renal vascular dysfunction is associated with renal vasoconstriction, decreased renal blood flow, and consequent increase in plasma volume and has been demonstrated in several forms of hypertension (HTN), including genetic and salt-sensiti...

acute renal failure (arf) is defined as a sudden and continuous decrease of glomerular function associated with azotemia, and may be followed by decreased urinary output. there is a high incidence of arf in icu patients with a high mortality rate. many factors can promote arf development or influence its outcome. this study was done to assess the incidence, risk factors, outcome and treatment o...

Background: Kidneys are the most vulnerable organs with respect to oxidative stress caused by lead poisoning. In this study, renal biomarkers were investigated in rats, exposed to lead after treatment with or without Lactobacillus fermentum. Methods: Twenty-four rats were divided into four groups of five each as follows: a) control, b) lead-exposed, c) Lactobacillus fermentum–treated, and d)...

a 73-year-old female patient developed a generalized tonic-clonic seizure on the 6th day after treatment with moxifloxacin 400 mg daily intravenously for appendicitis. this patient had atrial fibrillation and history of a surgery for intracerebral hemorrhage, with impaired renal function and liver function, but without history of seizures. moxifloxacin was discontinued and switched to cefuroxim...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with acute renal failure in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. METHODS One hundred and six patients who developed renal failure after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) constituted the study group (RF group), while 110 patients who did not develop renal failure served as a control group (C group). In addition, ...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic ischemic renal disease is a frequent cause of end-stage renal failure. Correction of renal artery stenosis (RAS) may fail to stabilize or improve renal function. AIMS OF THE STUDY Carotid and aortic Intima media thickness (IMT), resistance renal resistance index (RI), arterial blood pressure (BP), serum creatinine (SCr), creatinine clearance (CrCl), proteinuria and ...

Studies on the pathogenesis of urolithiasis have mainly focused on metabolic disorders. However, metabolic disorders alone are not sufficient to explain the problem. In the present study, morphological and urodynamic differences of the upper urinary tract on both the stone and normal side were examined. There were 35 cases of those who had experienced unilateral, recurrent, and/or multiple ston...

To assess factors responsible for phasic behavior of renal blood flow in essential hypertension, we applied an analytic method based on the estimation of power spectral density to xenon transit through the kidney and examined the renal vasodilator response to a range of agents in 53 normal subjects and 53 patients with essential hypertension. The renal vasodilator response to the calcium channe...