Impaired cognition in hemodialysis patients: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and important clues for testing .

Background: Cognitive impairment is common among hemodialysis (HD) patients and is associated with poor treatment compliance and mortality. The aim of this study is to evaluate relatively young HD patients with less comorbidities using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and identify clues for earlier detection of cognitive impairment with the help of cognitive subscale scores.

Materials And Methods: A total of 103 chronic HD patients (mean age 48.

Does neutrophyl to lymphocyte ratio really predict chronic kidney disease progression?

Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an inflammatory process. In addition to increased morbidity and mortality, inflammation also contributes to the progression of CKD. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a marker of inflammation.

The analysis of scoring systems predicting mortality in geriatric emergency abdominal surgery.

Background: Accurate measurement of surgical outcomes, proper evaluation of hospitals and surgeons regardless of case can be performed by mortality prediction models. The aim of this study was to analyze factors affecting mortality, present our clinical experience and patient profile and evaluate different scoring systems in use of these patients.

Methods: A retrospective review of one hundred and twelve geriatric patients who underwent major abdominal emergency surgery between 2004 and 2008 was performed.