chronic kidney disease is one of the most common complication of systemic lupus erythematosus, which if untreated can lead to  the end-stage renal disease (esrd). early diagnosis and adequate treatment of lupus nephritis (ln) is critical to prevent the chronic kidney disease incidence and to reduce the development of esrd. the treatment of ln has changed significantly over the past decade. in p...

kaposi᾽s sarcoma (ks) can develop in 0.06% to 4.1% of kidney transplant recipients. here we describe a case of 50-year-old man who developed ks a few months after kidney transplantation . after transplantation, he had delayed graft function and was managed by anti-thymocyte globulin (atg) for five days. at the discharge, his immunosuppressive therapy was prednisolone 20 mg/day, ttacrolimus (ppr...

background and aims: mental disorders may negatively affect on the quality of life in hemodialysis patients and their response to treatment. the aim of present study was to examine the prevalence of depression and related risk factors in hemodialysis patients. methods: in this cross-sectional study, during june 2013 to september 2013, 217 patients with hemodialysis whom were admitted to kerman ...

objective: to determine the risk factors, clinical characteristics, surgical management and outcome of pseudoaneurysm secondary to iatrogenic or traumatic vascular injury. m et h o d s : this was a cross-sectional study being performed in department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery skims soura during a 4-year period. we included all the patients referring to our center with primary diagno...

background the invention of central venous catheters (cvc) for hemodialysis (hd), brought about a fundamental change in the treatment of patients who needed hd, from the late 1970’s till the present time. nowadays the use of cvc is a common medical procedure. increasing use of these methods necessitates clarification of the exact nature of the effects, and potential complications for surgeons. ...

conclusions the administration of curcumin in patients undergoing dialysis had no positive effects on enhancing lvef and lv function. further research is required to shed sufficient light on this issue. results the mean age was 44.2 ± 13.4 years for the curcumin group and 45.4 ± 6.2 years for the placebo group. the study population comprised 22 male and 13 female patients. there were no signifi...

conclusions in this study, topical application of sweet almond oil, which was not followed by any specific complications, was able to significantly reduce the uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients; however, these findings require further studies. methods this study is a randomized clinical trial research. the study population consisted of patients referred in 2013 to the hd ward of shahid be...

conclusions the most important factor in diagnosis is physician’s attention and clinical experience with this condition and using irlssg. results two major theories are developed regarding the pathophysiology of rls. the first one concerns central nervous system dopamine imbalance and the second one concerns intracellular iron dysregulation. the most common used pharmacologic agents in treatmen...

this study was undertaken to define the prevalence of the upper gastrointestinal (gi) lesions, dyspeptic symptoms, h.pylori infection, and the impact of duration of dialysis on upper gi symptoms and lesions of children with end-stage renal disease. we studied 69 children with esrd who were under regular hemodialysis therapy in our department. the age of the patients were between 4-18 years (mea...

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...