Acute renal failure in a renal center, iraq.

We evaluated retrospectively the etiology and outcome of acute renal failure (ARF) in 84 patients in Rasheed Renal Center in Baghdad, Iraq from June 1998 through March 1999. They were 82 males and 2 females with ages that ranged between 5 and 80 years. Prerenal ARF was the commonest type found in 45 (53.

Spectrum of glomerular disease in iraqi patients from a single center.

To evaluate the patterns of glomerular disease in our center, we reviewed and categorized a series of 520 kidney biopsies performed for proteinuric patients between June 1994 and June 2001. There were 445 (85.5%) biopsies labeled as primary glomerular disease, 55 (10.

The Clinical Significance of beta2-microglobulin in End-Stage Renal Disease.

beta2-microglobulin is a non glycosylated single chain protein present in light chain of HLA-class I. It is synthesized in the body and excreted in the urine. Its level increases in the blood of the chronic renal failure patients and may deposit in the soft tissue as beta2-microglobulin derived amyloidosis, which appear clinically after 5 years of dialysis.