Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy Predicts All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With End-Stage Renal Failure: A 5-Year Prospective Study.

Introduction: Chronic renal disease is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is predictive of mortality for diseases that affect the autonomic nervous system. We prospectively evaluated the prognostic value of indexes of left ventricular (LV) function and CAN in all-cause and CV mortality of patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF).

Hemodialysis treatment on an adult patient with Down syndrome associated with ectopic right kidney chronic obstructive nephropathy and secondary amyloidosis.

In the present report, we describe an unusual case of an adult patient with Down syndrome and ectopic right kidney, who developed end-stage renal disease due to chronic obstructive nephropathy and secondary amyloidosis and was successfully treated with hemodialysis.

Lethal Strongyloides stercoralis superinfection in an immunocompromised patient.

In this article, we describe the case of a 49-year-old male gypsy on hemodialysis that was referred to our center due to high fever, breathlessness, and productive cough with bloody sputum. Forty-five days before hospitalization, he was treated for vasculitis with prednisolone and intravenous cyclophosphamide. Soon after admission he was resuscitated and intubated after a cardiac arrest.

Urgent superselective segmental renal artery embolization in the treatment of life-threatening renal hemorrhage.

Introduction: Renal hemorrhage is a major life-threatening condition that can be caused by trauma, operation, biopsy, as well as sudden spontaneous rupture of renal tumors or aneurysms. We report our experience with superselective segmental renal artery catheterization and embolization as therapeutic options for such cases.

Patients And Methods: Over the last 8 years, 28 patients with severe renal hemorrhage were admitted for evaluation and possible further treatment.