COVID-19 in chronic kidney disease: a retrospective, propensity score-matched cohort study.

Background: The prognostic factors for COVID-19 in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are uncertain. We conducted a study to compare clinical and prognostic features between hospitalized COVID-19 patients with and without CKD.

Methods: Fifty-six patients with stage 3-5 CKD and propensity score-matched fifty-six patients without CKD were included in the study.

The clinical characteristics and course of COVID-19 in hemodialysis patients.

Introduction: In December 2019, pneumonia cases emerging in China rapidly spread and became a global pandemic. The disease called COVID-19 threatens health and life in patients with comorbid disease, especially in patients with kidney failure. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical findings, laboratory parameters, and prognosis of COVID-19 disease in end-stage renal patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment.

Assessment of Mean Platelet Volume in Patients with AA Amyloidosis and AA Amyloidosis Secondary to Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Retrospective Chart - Review Study.

BACKGROUND Amyloidosis is a protein-misfolding disease characterized by the deposition of aggregated proteins in the form of abnormal fibrils that disrupt tissue structure, ultimately causing disease. Amyloidosis is very frequent in untreated familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients and it is the most important feature that determines the prognosis of FMF disease. The mean platelet volume (MPV) in FMF has been previously studied.

Chronic rhinosinusitis, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis.

Background: Chronic inflammation is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction (ED), and cardiovascular diseases. Because chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disease, it may be associated with the development of ED and accelerated atherosclerosis.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between CRS and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery, and microalbuminuria.

Cholesterol embolization syndrome: A report of two cases.

Cholesterol embolization syndrome (CES) is a multisystemic disease with immunological features, and a rare but an important cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) following invasive angiography. It frequently occurs in the elderly male population with extensive atherosclerosis. CES should be considered in the differential diagnosis of AKI following angiography, as prognosis and treatment are completely different from contrast-induced nephropathy.