Aim: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent, with increasing numbers of patients affected by the disease world-wide (1). Anemia is a common complica- tion that contributes to the burden of disease associated with CK D, and it impacts negatively on cardiovascular...

Aim: A number of recent reports have investigated the origin of false-positive hCG results. This case report demonstrates a slightly high true positive hCG in a young female patient with chronic kidney disease.

Materials and Methods: The patients serum...

Objective: Hyperphosphatemia and high calcium X phosphate product are significant and common risk factors of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease. However, the relationship is not clear between increased risk and hyperphosphatemia and elevated calcium...

Aim: Since glomerular filtration rate (GFR) determined by 24 hours urine is cumbersome, nephrologists recommend using an estimated GFR (eGFR). This study aimed to investigate the agreement between Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) and Chronic Kidney Disease...

Objective: Intact parathyroid hormone is used for diagnostic follow up in chronic kidney disease mineral bone disorder. Studies have shown that there was considerable bias between methods intact parathyroid hormone assays. This study has investigated the variation between...

Aim: The evaluation of biomarkers linked with inhibition and activation of vascular calcification in pre and post renal transplant period in renal transplant recipients was aimed in this research.Patients and

Methods: 35 recipients who had undergone...

The reference method for the determination of urinary protein excretion in patients with kidney diseases is the measurement of 24-h protein excretion. But 24-h. urine collection is unreliable and cumbersome. So protein/creatinine ratio (P/C) in spot urine is used to determine proteinuria. In this...

Objective: Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) is the best indicator for the reflecting of kidney function in health and disease. In this study we compared -Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) calculation formulas – 4 variables Modification of Renal Disease (MDRD) formula with the 6...

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Vascular calcification (VC) is the most important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality both in the general population and CKD. VC is mainly associated with mineral metabolism and...

Aim: It was aimed to determine predictive markers for the need for intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization in patients with coronavirus infection.

Material and Methods: This study was performed retrospectively from data of patients hospitalized with...

Objective: Diabetic nephropathy is a major microvascular complication of diabetes, and it is responsible for 30-40% of all end-stage renal disease cases. Anemia is associated with various complications of diabetes, and its etiology is multifactorial. In this study, we...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a very common chronical disease of our country. In diagnosis of DM and monitoring of glycemic values, besides glucose,HbA1c is also being used. However HbA1c cannot reflect glycemic levels for short term and also, conditions like anemia, hemoglobinopathies and chronic...

Objective: The oxidative stress and renal vasoconstriction are considered to have an effect on the pathophysiology of contrast induced nephropathy. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of contrast agents on serum creatinine, total antioxidant capacity and estimated...

It has been reported that oxidative stress is increased in diabetes mellitus and the increase in oxidative stress gives rise to complications of this disease. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of vitamin A, E, and C treatments combined with insulin on the oxidative and...