Waste refractory brick material added chitosan/oxidized pullulan complex gel production and removal of heavy metals from waste water.

Wastewater is a by-product of numerous industrial processes that have been demonstrated to have adverse effects on human and natural health due to the pollutants it contains. The pollutants in these substances are organic or inorganic molecules and heavy metal ions that significantly harm the environment and human health. A variety of techniques have been devised for the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater.

Relationship Between Arterial Stiffness, Measured by Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index, and Uremic Toxins, Vascular Calcification, and Inflammation Markers After Kidney Donation.

Objectives: This study investigated whether kidney transplant donors experience increased arterial stiffness compared with the general population and how arterial stiffness changes over time.

Materials And Methods: Our study included 59 kidney transplant donors and 27 healthy volunteers. All subjects underwent cardio-ankle vascular index measurements.

Evaluation of cytomegalovirus infection/disease in IgG positive renal transplantation recipients on valaciclovir prophylaxis.

Introduction: The reactivation of CMV (Cytomegalovirus) in renal transplant recipients may be manifested across a clinical spectrum from asymptomatic viraemia to organ rejection. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the patients who have experienced CMV infection after renal transplantation in the last twelve years, and to assess the efficacy of valacyclovir.

Methodology: Renal transplant recipients' demographic, clinical and laboratory data were evaluated retrospectively between 2006-2018.

Ocular changes in nephrotic syndrome patients with preserved renal functions.

Background: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements of central choroidal thickness (CCT) and retinal thickness have been proposed as inflammatory indicators for a variety of systemic disorders, particularly those with a vascular component. The relationship between nephrotic syndrome (NS) and visual impairment is not clear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ocular changes in primary NS patients with preserved renal functions.

Spousal and living related kidney transplantation: our center experience.

Background: Kidney transplantation is the most preferred type of renal displacement therapy for end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. More patients developed ESRD. The most important source is the donations from unrelated spouses.

Effect of bevacizumab and everolimus combination treatment on peritoneal sclerosis in an experimental rat model.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether bevacizumab and everolimus combination therapy is superior to bevacizumab treatment alone as a treatment for peritoneal sclerosis. Forty Wistar albino rats were divided into five equal groups. The control group received isotonic saline solution (2 mL/day) intraperitoneal (IP) daily for 3 weeks.

Peritonitis Due to Streptococcus Sanguinis in Automated Peritoneal Dialysis.

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Pregnancy after renal transplantation.

Objective: A well-functioning renal transplant usually reverses ESRD-related infertility and allows the reproductive function to improve. In this study, we wanted to emphasize that women who have renal transplantation can live healthy pregnancies with a careful follow-up.

Background: 204 patients underwent renal transplantation in our center and 84 of them were female.

Effect of Local Polyhexanide Application in Preventing Exit-Site Infection and Peritonitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Topical antibiotic and antiseptic agents have been documented to reduce exit-site infection (ESI) and peritonitis in PD. The aim of this randomized controlled study was to evaluate the efficacy of polyhexanide in the prevention of ESI and peritonitis. Patients were excluded if they had active infection, > 18 years of age, ESI and peritonitis within the previous 4 weeks, received PD for less than 3-months and history of allergy to either drug.

Psychiatric Morbidity Among a School Sample of Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey: A Cross-Sectional, Semistructured, Standardized Interview-Based Study.

Now in its eighth year, the Syrian civil war has caused displacement of more than half the population before the war and is viewed as the single largest contributing factor to many of the worsening global trends of children living in areas affected by conflict..

Peritonitis in a Patient on Automated Peritoneal Dialysis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

, a nonfermentative gram-negative aerobic bacillus, which presents in the normal flora of the oropharynx and skin, has recently been reported as a cause of human infection. Herein, the authors present a case report of peritonitis related to automated peritoneal dialysis caused by

Higher Pentraxin-3 Levels are Associated With Inflammation in Familial Mediterranean Fever.

Background: Circulating levels of Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) have been shown to increase in several inflammatory conditions. However, there is no information about the levels of PTX3 in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). This study was designed to evaluate the serum PTX3 levels in patients with FMF during attack and free-attack periods.

Intrauterine device may trigger typical attacks of familial Mediterranean fever: a case report.

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by episodic, recurrent, self-limited attacks of fever and serositis (sterile peritonitis, pleuritis, arthritis, etc). The insufficiency in restriction of mild inflammation contributes this consequence in FMF.Intrauterine devices (IUDs) have been widely used in the world for contraception by gynecologists as an effective and safe method.

The effectiveness of oral essential aminoacids and aminoacids containing dialysate in peritoneal dialysis.

Background/aim: Oral essential amino acids (AAs) containing supplements (EAS) and AA containing dialysate (ACD) are frequently used in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with malnutrition. The present study was conducted to investigate two strategies and compare their effects on the malnutrition status of PD patients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 31 EAS, 14 ACD patients were enrolled in this study.

Higher thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor levels are associated with inflammation in attack-free familial Mediterranean fever patients.

Background: Coagulation abnormalities have been reported in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients with amyloidosis and nephrotic syndrome; but there is not enough data about the continuity of the thrombogenic activity in FMF patients in clinical remission. The purpose of this study was to assess thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) levels and its relationship with fibrinolytic activity and also evaluate relationships between mutations and clinical signs in attack-free patients without amyloidosis.

Methods: Seventy-nine FMF patients and 40 healthy adults were included.

Is colchicine therapy effective in all patients with secondary amyloidosis?

Objective: Although colchicine is effective on prevention and regression of amyloidosis in many cases, rate of unresponsiveness to colchicine therapy is not too low. However, there is no sufficient data about which factors effect to response of colchicine therapy on regression of amyloidosis.

Materials And Methods: 24 patients with renal amyloidosis were enrolled into the study.

Serum soluble fas ligand levels in familial Mediterranean fever.

Introduction: Fas/FasL system plays an important role in the regulation of cell life and death, and circulating levels of sFasL have been shown to increase in some inflammatory conditions. However, there is no sufficient information about the levels of sFasL in patients with FMF. This study was designed to evaluate the serum sFasL levels in patients with FMF during attack and attack-free periods.

Postpartum persistent proteinuria after preeclampsia: a single-center experience.

Background: Many studies have investigated preexistent renal disease during pregnancy. However, insufficient data regarding the new onset of glomerulonephritis in the course of gestation, especially in patients with preeclampsia, exist. The aim of this study was to investigate underlying renal disease in preeclamptic Turkish women with persistent proteinuria after delivery.