The predictors of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients undergoing hemodialysis: A single center experience.

Background: Here we aimed to investigate the predictors of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in patients with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease who required renal replacement therapy through a non-tunneled hemodialysis catheter.

Methods: A total of 111 patients who received non-tunneled hemodialysis catheters were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups; those who developed CRBSI and those who did not.

Is Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Metabolic Syndrome in Renal Transplant Recipients?

Renal transplantation is the gold standard method for the treatment of end-stage renal failure. The main causes of graft loss are chronic allograft dysfunction and death with functioning graft due to cardiovascular diseases. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is common in renal transplant recipients (RTRs).

Assessment of Mean Platelet Volume in Patients with AA Amyloidosis and AA Amyloidosis Secondary to Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Retrospective Chart - Review Study.

BACKGROUND Amyloidosis is a protein-misfolding disease characterized by the deposition of aggregated proteins in the form of abnormal fibrils that disrupt tissue structure, ultimately causing disease. Amyloidosis is very frequent in untreated familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients and it is the most important feature that determines the prognosis of FMF disease. The mean platelet volume (MPV) in FMF has been previously studied.

Chronic rhinosinusitis, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis.

Background: Chronic inflammation is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction (ED), and cardiovascular diseases. Because chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disease, it may be associated with the development of ED and accelerated atherosclerosis.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between CRS and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery, and microalbuminuria.

Lowering Uric Acid With Allopurinol Improves Insulin Resistance and Systemic Inflammation in Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia.

Background: Hyperuricemia is an independent predictor of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes, but whether it has a causal role in insulin resistance remains controversial. Here we tested the hypothesis that lowering uric acid in hyperuricemic nondiabetic subjects might improve insulin resistance.

Methods: Subjects with asymptomatic hyperuricemia (n = 73) were prospectively placed on allopurinol (n = 40) or control (n = 33) for 3 months.

Retrobulbar blood flow and carotid intima-media thickness alteration may relate to subclinic atherosclerosis in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases.

Objective: AA amyloidosis occurs in the setting of longstanding inflammation. An increased incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) was noted in patients with chronic inflammatory disease (CID). Retrobulbar blood flow predicts future macrovascular events including CAD.

Renalase: Another puzzle piece between hypertension and simple renal cysts?

Background And Aim: Since renalase is mostly expressed in kidney tubules, simple renal cyst (SRC) originates from the kidney tubules, and both conditions are related to hypertension, it may be possible that SRC is associated with increased renalase levels. Therefore, in the current study we aimed to confirm the relation between renalase and epinephrine levels, the association between SRC and renalase levels and the association between renalase, blood pressure levels and endothelial dysfunction.

Materials And Methods: We made a cross-sectional study including 75 patients with SRC, and 51 controls were included to the study.

Hyperuricemia is associated with progression of IgA nephropathy.

Background And Aim: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is one of the world's most common glomerular diseases. Hyperuricemia was recently defined as risk factor for chronic kidney disease. We aimed to investigate the impact of baseline serum uric acid levels on progression of IgAN.

Cardiomyopathy mimicking left ventricular noncompaction in a patient with lupus nephritis.

A 37-year-old female patient was admitted with exertional dyspnea. Her serum creatinine was 2.4 mg/dL and anti-nuclear antibody was positive in a titer of 1/320.

Low serum pancreatic enzyme levels predict mortality and are associated with malnutrition-inflammation-atherosclerosis syndrome in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Purpose: Serum levels of amylase and lipase are frequently increased in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Relatively low serum pancreatic enzyme levels in CKD may represent a state of pancreatic insufficiency and may contribute to protein-energy wasting (PEW). We aimed to investigate the relationships of serum pancreatic enzyme levels with PEW, inflammation, and mortality in CKD patients.

An unusual case of renal failure due to solitary plasmacytoma: parenchymal invasion of the kidney.

Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) is a rare plasma cell disorder mostly involving the upper airway; however, retroperitoneal infiltration is very rare. Kidney injury associated with EMP is exceptionally rare with only anecdotal reports. Herein we report a case of retroperitoneal EMP causing renal failure by the way of direct renal parenchymal infiltration.

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy in the course of Goodpasture syndrome.

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is characterized by headache, altered consciousness, seizures, and cortical blindness. The most frequent etiological factors are hypertension, kidney diseases, and immunosuppressive drugs such as steroids and cyclophosphamide. Herein we present a case of a 22-year-old female patient presented with alveolar hemorrhage and acute renal failure necessitating hemodialysis.