"Predicting diabetic kidney disease in youth with type 1 diabetes: Insights from genetic risk assessment".

Objective: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is influenced by multiple factors, yet its precise progression mechanisms remain largely unclear. This study aimed to create a clinical risk-scoring system based on genetic polymorphisms in the AFF3, CARS, CERS2, ERBB4, GLRA3, RAET1L, TMPO, and ZMIZ1 genes.

Methods: The study included a DKD group diagnosed with diabetic kidney disease before age 18 and a WDC group matched by age, gender, and age at diabetes diagnosis.

Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents After Renal Transplantation.

Background: Kidney transplantation is the predominant treatment option in patients with end-stage renal disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the presence of a psychiatric disorder on the quality of life in children and adolescents after kidney transplantation.

Methods: A total of 43 patients aged 6 to 18 years were included in the study.

Role of Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation.

Background: Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII = N × P/L), and neutrophil percentage-albumin ratio (NPAR) have become accepted markers of inflammation in recent years. These indices are used as indicators of disease activity, mortality, and morbidity in many diseases. This study evaluated the relationship between inflammatory indices and graft function in pediatric kidney transplant recipients.

COVID-19 in pediatric nephrology centers in Turkey.

Background/aim: There is limited data on COVID-19 disease in children with kidney disease. We aimed to investigate the characteristics and prognosis of COVID-19 in pediatric nephrology patients in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: This was a national, multicenter, retrospective cohort study based on an online survey evaluating the data between 11 March 2020 and 11 March 2021 as an initial step of a detailed pediatric nephrology COVID-19 registry.

Effects of Body Mass Index Changes In Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients.

Background: The negative effects of pretransplant obesity and post-transplant body mass index (BMI) increase on graft survival have been reported in recent years. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of BMI changes on post-transplant graft function, lipid profile, and blood pressure.

Methods: The study included 133 pediatric patients transplanted between 1994 and 2019 in Ege University.

Long-term kidney outcomes in children after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation assessed with estimated glomerular filtration rate equations, creatinine levels, and cystatin C levels.

Background And Objective: With the widespread use of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), long-term complications have come to the fore. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) developing in the long term in patients who underwent allo-HSCT in childhood and also to investigate the superiority of eGFR formulas.

Methods: The present study evaluated CKD in patients who underwent allo-HSCT.

Low-density lipoprotein and blood pressure are important risk factors for vasculopathy in children on dialysis: A single center study.

Introduction: We searched for risk factors of cardiovascular assessment among children on dialysis.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of cardiovascular assessment of all patients on dialysis at Ege University Children's Hospital. Pediatric patients between the ages of 6 and 21 who were on HD and peritoneal dialysis treatment were included in the study.

Cytomegalovirus Experience in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in 26 Years' Time.

Introduction: In this study,we investigated the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in kidney transplanted children and its effect on kidney dysfunction.

Material And Methods: One hundred thirty-five pediatric renal transplant patients were included in this study. The presence of CMV infection, CMV risk status, and other clinical features of the patients were evaluated retrospectively.

Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in Patients With Urologic Anomalies.

Introduction: and Aim. End-stage renal disease owing to structural urologic anomalies is frequent in the pediatric population. Impaired bladder function is thought to have a negative effect on graft function and survival.

Growth evaluation in children with vesicoureteral reflux.

Background: Vesicoureteral reflux and urinary tract infection predispose children to retardation of growth, hypertension, renal scarring and renal failure. The aim of this study was to evaluate growth pattern in children with vesicoureteral reflux before and after medical/surgical treatment.

Methods: This study was a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Bone mineral density in pediatric and adolescent renal transplant patients: how to evaluate.

Reduced bone mass is a common complication of renal transplantation in adults but only few data are present for pediatric transplant patients. Bone mineral status of pediatric renal transplant patients ages ranging from 7.5 to 17.

Pediatric renal transplantation: single center experience.

Although renal transplantation (RTx) is actually the first choice of treatment for children with end-stage renal disease, the number of transplanted children remains low in comparison with adults. The experience of the individual pediatric transplant center is very important in the outcome of pediatric transplant recipients. In this study, our pediatric renal transplantation experience is presented.

Renal resistive indexes and some renal functions in liver cirrhotic children.

Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate renal vascular resistive changes in children with different stages of liver cirrhosis without obvious renal failure.

Methods: Twenty-nine children (14 girls, 15 boys, mean age 11.6 years) with cirrhosis and 20 healthy children (mean age 10.

Lead exposure and urinary N-acetyl beta D glucosaminidase activity in adolescent workers in auto repair workshops.

Purpose: To investigate levels of lead (Pb) exposure and renal tubular damage among adolescent workers in auto repair workshops in Turkey.

Methods: The study was conducted on 39 adolescent workers (mean age: 16.18 +/- 3.