Pattern of glomerulonephritis in the Kashmir valley.

Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a common cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) that can affect patients at any age. With respect to ESKD, there are significant global variations in the percentage of the incident and prevalent patients secondary to GN. The present study was therefore conducted to know the pattern of GN in the Kashmir valley.

Acute kidney injury due to overcorrection of hypovitaminosis D: A tertiary center experience in the Kashmir Valley of India.

Vitamin D deficiency state is endemic in the Kashmir valley of the Indian subcontinent. Clinicians frequently treat patients with Vitamin D for diverse clinical symptoms to improve the general health and to reduce the frailty of elderly and these doses may at times be inappropriately high. Vitamin D toxicity-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), often considered rare, can be life-threatening and associated with substantial morbidity if not identified promptly.