[Effect of Central Dialysis Fluid Delivery System (CDDS) using high flux dialyzer versus Regular water treatment stations on endotoxemia and inflammatory markers among prevalent patients on Regular Hemodialysis].

Purpose: In this study, we compared the effects of a single patient dialysis fluid delivery system (SPDDS) against a continuous dialysis fluid delivery system (CDDS) on inflammatory markers and endotoxemia in a population of patients receiving routine hemodialysis (HD) at Ain Shams University.

Materials And Methods: Eighty prevalent HD patients, ages 18 to 60, who were clinically stable and receiving thrice weekly dialysis treatments via an arteriovenous fistula were the subjects of a cross-sectional research. The study excluded patients with double lumen venous catheters used for hemodialysis, acute infections, cancer, and chronic liver disease.

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography of chylous leak before surgical ligation of the thoracic duct: case report.

We herein report a case of a 22-year-old male patient with an unusual presentation of recurrent chylous pericardial and pleural effusions. Lymphatic leak was suspected. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography (DC-MRL) was performed after ultrasound-guided intranodal injection of contrast through inguinal lymph nodes.

Nontraditional risk factors in chronic kidney disease: correlation between creatinine clearance, Framingham risk score, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammation.

Background: Chronic kidney disease became a public health problem increasing healthcare burden. Our aim was to detect the relationship between cardiovascular risk, endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and kidney function in chronic kidney disease patients and to detect the nontraditional factors affecting the decline in kidney functions.

Methods: A cross-sectional study including 30 male and female patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3-5.

Neurovascular Surgical Keys Related to Sphenoid Window: Radiologic Study of Egyptian's Sphenoid.

Objectives: The anatomic variations of the sphenoid sinus and its relation to the surrounding neurovascular structures are a subject of interest. The purpose of this study was to radiologically assess the frequency of protrusion/dehiscence of key neurovascular landmarks surrounding the Egyptians' sphenoid.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of sinonasal computed tomography of the sphenoid sinus in 500 adult Egyptians, conducted at Mansoura University Hospitals; Egypt, over a period of 1 year.

Phase-Contrast MRI CSF Flow Measurements for the Diagnosis of Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus: Observer Agreement of Velocity Versus Volume Parameters.

Objective: Manual segmentation of the aqueduct for CSF flow analysis may induce measurement variability. The aim of our study was to assess observer agreement of manual segmentation and to compare the repeatability and accuracy of different flow parameters in differentiating normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) from brain atrophy.

Subjects And Methods: Thirty-two subjects were included and were divided into three groups: control, NPH, and brain atrophy.

Perfusion CT of head and neck cancer.

We aim to review the technique and clinical applications of perfusion CT (PCT) of head and neck cancer. The clinical value of PCT in the head and neck includes detection of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) as it allows differentiation of HNSCC from normal muscles, demarcation of tumor boundaries and tumor local extension, evaluation of metastatic cervical lymph nodes as well as determination of the viable tumor portions as target for imaging-guided biopsy. PCT has been used for prediction of treatment outcome, differentiation between post-therapeutic changes and tumor recurrence as well as monitoring patient after radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.