background: diabetic nephropathy (dn) is one of the most important complications of diabetes mellitus. now-a-days, cystatin c (cysc) is introduced as a new marker for diagnosis of renal damages; however, use of this marker in clinical laboratories is still controversial. the present study was aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum cysc for early detection or monitoring treatment of kid...

E.V. Lerma and V. Batuman (eds.), Diabetes and Kidney Disease, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-0793-9_2, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 Diabetic nephropathy is a common complication of diabetes and the leading cause of chronic kidney disease in the developed world. Approximately 40 % of persons with diabetes develop diabetic nephropathy, manifested as albuminuria and/or decreased glomer...

INTRODUCTION For two decades, various countries have experienced an epidemic of chronic kidney disease unexplainable by traditional causes. Typically a chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis, it predominantly affects young male agricultural workers and has been reported in several countries in Central America, as well as in Sri Lanka, India and Egypt. Recent studies in El Salvador have also repor...

cifi c. The high plasma creatinine level in the newborn sometimes refl ects the mother’s plasma creatinine level (9). However, kidney function of the mother of the newborn was within normal limits at the time of Caesarean section; plasma creatinine level of 0.7 mg/dL. An elevated plasma creatinine level is observed frequently in premature infants due to immaturity of the kidney tissue and will ...

CASE } Mary J, a 65-year-old woman with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD), is in your offi ce for a follow-up appointment. Over the past 6 months, she has noticed a decrease in her energy level. On her routine blood work, you see that her hemoglobin has been slowly declining over the past year. It is now 9 g/dL and her estimated glomerular fi ltration rate (GFR) is 40 mL/min. How would you e...

This study aims to investigate the potential of nanoparticle retention of ultrafi ltration (UF) multichannel hollow fiber membrane. Filtration experiments of fl uorescent silica nanoparticles (NPs) (10 and 100 nm) and CdTe quantum dots (1.5 nm) suspensions were carried out under diff erent operating conditions to analyze the retention rate (RT), the fouling zone and the...

Before You Start: Facts You Need to Know • A focused history and physical examination is essential in the assessment of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). • A CKD patient’s history should differentiate CKD from acute kidney disease, defi ne duration and chronicity, fi nd a causative or contributory disease, and assess complications and comorbidities. • Physical examination should cover...

background: apical leakage assessment is a way to compare the effi ciency of a fi lling material to seal the apical region of the tooth. many microleakage testing techniques have been introduced through the years, but there has been no agreement as to which technique gives the most accurate results. the aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of fl uid fi ltration and bacterial leakage te...

Currently, one of the main threats to public health is diabetes mellitus. Its most detrimental complication is diabetic nephropathy (DN), a clinical syndrome associated with kidney damage and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Irrespective of the type of diabetes, DN follows a well-known temporal course. The earliest detectable signs are microalbuminuria and histopathological changes ...

S. Golak, R. Zagorski Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, Katowice, Poland Electromagnetic buoyancy force causes the mo vement of nonconducive par ticles in a c onducting liquid under electromagnetic fi eld. The phenomenon allows fi ltration of small inclusions from molten metals. This paper presents a mathematical model of the fi ltration process...