Publications by authors named "Charles J Foulks"

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a recently recognized clinicopathologic entity. It is believed to be related to exposure to gadolinium-containing magnetic resonance imaging agents with gadolinium deposition in the tissues, including skin and other organs. It mainly affects patients on dialysis therapy.

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Background: Oral sodium phosphate solution (OSPS) preparations are preferred cleansing agents for colonoscopy because of ease of use and excellent preparation quality. Besides causing acute renal failure in some patients, the high phosphorus content can potentially cause chronic kidney damage to patients undergoing colonoscopy.

Methods: We carried out a retrospective study on patients with creatinine levels in the normal range who had undergone colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy using OSPS preparation from January 1998 to February 2005 and followed them for 1 year to determine its effects on their renal function.

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Hepatitis C (HCV) infection is commonly seen in dialysis patients, but its long-term deleterious effects in these patients are unknown. We evaluated the effect of HCV infection on anemia in our hemodialysis population. This retrospective case control study was carried out from January 1999 to February 2007.

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