conclusions fasting in the month of ramadan in two consecutive years, and during the hottest months, in riyadh, saudi arabia, did not adversely affect kidney graft function. objectives to investigate the effect of repeated ramadan fasting during the hottest months of the year on renal graft functions. patients and methods this was a prospective cohort study comparing two groups of renal transpl...

conclusions although our patient had ckd stage 4, but his condition has not deteriorated and remained constant and stable for several years only by control of blood pressure and usual treatment which prescribed for patients at this stage case presentation a 78-year-old man presented with stage 4 ckd for 7 years; the glomerular filtration rate (gfr) and creatinine levels remained constant despit...

conclusions: in this study, kidney transplant recipients with a lower ri and pi and a higher edv at 1week showed better graft function at 6 months after transplantation. results: fourteen patients (15.4%) had impaired graft function after 6 months (gfr less than 60 ml/min/1.73m2). multivariate linear regression analysis showed significant correlation between gfr at 6 months and ri, pi and edv w...

conclusions our results indicated a reversible increase in rbv bioavailability after telaprevir exposure, which might be linked to the impairment of the gfr. this also suggests a rbv-telaprevir pharmacological interaction, a possible source of severe anemia observed under triple therapy. these results suggest that rbv pharmacological monitoring may be clinically relevant, especially in the cont...

background elevated serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (ggt) is predictive of various cardiovascular (cv) risk factors including chronic kidney disease (ckd). elevated serum ggt has been recognized in smokers who are likely to develop ckd, but no study has focused on serum ggt and ckd in smokers. objectives the aim of this study was to clarify the associations between cigarette consumption, elevat...

cystatin c is a 13 kd basic protein that is a member of the cystatin superfamily of cysteine protease inhibitors. the cystatin c gene seems to be a house keeping gene, which is compatible with a stable production rate of cystatin c by most cells. this protein is freely filtered through the glomerulus and almost completely reabsorbed and catabolized by proximal tubular cells. because of these ch...

background: acute kidney injury (aki) is a common problem in critically ill patients and is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality. recently, serum cystatin c has been shown to be superior to creatinine in early detection of renal function impairment. we compared estimated gfr based on serum cystatin c with estimated gfr based on serum creatinine for early detection of ...

the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (ckd), as defined by the nfk-kdoqi (the national kidney foundation kidney disease outcomes quality initiative) guidelines, is a glomerular filtration rate less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 or the presence of microalbuminuria. ckd is increasing worldwide, leading to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. there is general agreement on the importance of an ...

background glomerular filtration rate (gfr) is widely estimated by serum creatinine based equations such as cockcroft-gault (cg) standardized for body surface, and an abbreviated formula derived from mdrd (modification of diet in renal disease) study. however, some studies suggested that creatinine based estimation of gfr formula can be replaced by cystatin c based formula. objectives the aim o...