background: atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (aras) remains underdiagnosed due to its nonspecific demonstrations. we aimed to both estimate the frequency of aras in high-risk non-selected patients undergoing simultaneous coronary and renal catheterization and possibly identify a predictive model for aras using baseline clinical, laboratory, and coronary angiographic variables. methods: the...

background: paraquat poisoning is a medical emergency challenge due to its inherent severe toxicity and unavailability of specific antidote for it. in this paper, a series of patients who were treated according to a commonly used treatment flowchart are presented. methods: this prospective observational study was carried out on paraquat poisoned patients admitted to district hospital, chamaraja...

background nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity are side effects of cisplatin (cp) therapy. objectives we investigated the role of gender in cp-induced nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity. materials and methods low dose of cp (1 mg/kg/day; ip) was administered daily to male and female wistar rats for 15 consecutive days. serum creatinine (cr), blood urea nitrogen (bun), malondialdehyde (mda), nitric...

background chronic inflammation is the most important cause of cardiovascular disease in patients undergoing hemodialysis, and vitamin c as a major antioxidant which could be effective to suppress inflammation. objectives this study was performed to evaluate the effect of vitamin c supplementation on c-reactive protein levels in patients undergoing hemodialysis. patients and methods this random...

conclusions people with chronic kidney disease regardless of their age, gender, state of health, and duration of hemodialysis experience high levels of fatigue; it is particularly important for health providers to understand this level of fatigue which affects the daily life of patients. results all the patients experienced degrees of fatigue and 50 (30.7%) of the participants experienced a hig...

background few studies in india as well as in most developing countries have compared the mortality and morbidity rates between chronic kidney disease patients who were referred early to nephrologists and those who were referred late. objectives to study the mortality and morbidity patterns and to compare the various clinical parameters between the abovementioned early and late referrals. patie...

abstract background: renal insufficiency is a potential complication after infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and is a significant risk factor for postoperative mortality and morbidity. the aim of this study was to analyze the effect of this risk factor, before and during operation. methods: in this prospective study, between 2003 and 2006, 45 patients underwent repair of an infrarenal...