Risk factors associated with the development of diabetic kidney disease in Sudanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A case-control study.

Background And Aims: Limited data are available regarding the risk factors associated with the development of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) among Sudanese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: A case-control study was conducted at Dr. Salma Center for Kidney Diseases between April and September 2019.

Barriers to kidney transplantation among adult Sudanese patients on maintenance hemodialysis in dialysis units in Khartoum State.

Kidney transplantation remains the preferred modality of treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. In Sudan, kidney transplantation accounted for 28% of the total provided renal replacement therapies. A cross-sectional, hospital-based study was conducted in hemodialysis (HD) units in Khartoum State during the period from September 2010 to January 2011.

Peritoneal dialysis, an expanding mode of renal replacement therapy in Qatar.

Qatar is one of the gulf countries with a current estimated population of 1.4 million. Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and chronic kidney diseases are major emerging epidemics, with an incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) of 202 patients per million population per year.

The treatment of relapse in adults with minimal change nephrotic syndrome: myths and facts.

Few controlled trials have studied the treatment of relapse in adults with minimal change disease. Repeated courses of steroids, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine and even mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), all seem to play a role. The aim of this study was to review and critically analyze the literature regarding the use of immunosuppressive therapy for the treatment of relapse in adults with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS).

Microbial spectrum and outcome of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis in Qatar.

Peritoneal dialysis therapy rapidly expanded in Qatar during the last decade. Peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis remains the leading cause of morbidity and technique failure. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis in Qatar, during a five year study period.

Demographic data and hemodialysis population dynamics in Qatar: A five year survey.

Hemodialysis was initiated in Qatar in 1981, since then the hemodialysis population has been expanding rapidly. This report describes the demographics and outcome of our hemodialysis patients during a five years study period. Data of all the patients on regular hemodialysis from January 1 st , 2002 to December 31 st , 2006 were included in this study was collected from the medical records and entered into an especially designed questionnaire.

Parasite diversity in adult patients with cerebral malaria: a hospital-based, case-control study.

Thirty adult patients with cerebral malaria (CM) were recruited for this study. Two clinical groups were used as controls: those with mild malaria (n = 20) and asymptomatic volunteers (n = 20). Thick and thin blood smears were examined for detection of Plasmodium falciparum and estimating infection intensity.