The Compatibility of Hemoglobin A1c with Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Fasting Plasma Glucose.

Objectives: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease requiring lifelong medical care, and its prevalence is increasing worldwide. Early diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes is significant in view of the mortality, morbidity and cost associated with them. Because of the difficulties in application and reproducibility of oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), which is considered to be the gold standard in the diagnosis of DM, more feasible diagnostic tests are needed.

Aldosterone Resistance Due to Tacrolimus: A Case Report.

Although more common with tacrolimus, it is known that calcineurin inhibitors may induce the development of electrolyte disorders such as hyponatremia and hyperkalemia by causing a hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism-like syndrome. We present a 32-year-old female renal transplant patient who admitted to clinic with hyponatremia and hyperkalemia. Normal anion gap metabolic acidosis and renal tubular dysfunction were detected and after other reasons were excluded, it was considered as electrolyte disorder due to tacrolimus.

Encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis: a single center, retrospective analysis of clinical manifestations, risk factors and prognosis.

Background: Encapsulated peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a multifactorial chronic intra-abdominal inflammatory disorder affecting the peritoneum diffusely. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rates of EPS in our peritoneal dialysis (PD) population, to perform a general assessment of the clinical presentation and to determine the outcome of affected patients and risk factors.

Methods: The medical records of consecutive 384 patients who started PD therapy between January 2001 and November 2016 were evaluated.

Serum uric acid levels and inflammatory markers with respect to dipping status: A retrospective analysis of hypertensive patients with or without chronic kidney disease.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate serum uric acid levels, inflammatory markers [C-reactive protein (CRP), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR)] and mean platelet volume (MPV) among hypertensive patients with or without chronic kidney disease (CKD) with respect to dipping status.

Methods: A total of 432 hypertensive patients with (n = 340) or without (n = 92) CKD who had ambulatory blood pressure monitoring recordings were included. Correlation of serum uric acid levels with inflammatory markers (CRP, PLR, NLR) was evaluated as was the logistic regression analysis for determinants of nondipper pattern.

Persistent left superior vena cava: Two case reports and a review from nephrologists' perspective.

Thoracic venous anomalies without congenital heart anomalies are present in minority of the population, but they are frequent enough to be encountered while placing hemodialysis catheters through the jugular or subclavian veins. Persistent left superior vena cava is the most commonly seen anomaly and it is rarely noticed before the observation of an unusual course of hemodialysis catheter or guidewire on chest X-ray. We present two patients with previously unspotted persistent left superior vena cava and uncomplicated hemodialysis catheter insertions through the internal jugular veins with good catheter functions.