Dissociation between the correlation of peritoneal and urine Kt/V with sodium and fluid removal: a possible explanation of their difference on patient survival.

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease is independently associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events; however, the relationship between the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients undergoing coronary angiography has yet to be fully elucidated. METHODS:This retrospective stu...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Davoodi G,Mehrabi Pari S,Rezvanfard M,Sheikh Fathollahi M,Amini M,Hakki E,Kazemisaeid A,Yaminisharif A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The current study was carried out to assess the effects of omega-3 fatty acid and alpha-tocopherol co-supplementation on malnutrition-inflammation score (MIS), biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS:In a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinic...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Asemi Z,Soleimani A,Shakeri H,Mazroii N,Esmaillzadeh A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Non-adherence (NA) to medication is a major contributor to treatment failure in hypertensive patients. Factors of the ecological model, at family/healthcare professional, service, and system levels, are rarely evaluated as correlates of NA in hypertensive patients. METHODS:This crossectional study assessed the...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Pinhati RR,Ferreira RE,Carminatti M,Tavares PL,Marsicano EO,Sertório ES,Colugnati FAB,de Paula RB,Sanders-Pinheiro H

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uremic pruritus (UP) is a highly prevalent and disturbing problem in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, treatment of UP is largely unsatisfactory. The present study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of mirtazapine, an atypical antidepressant agent with potent antagonist...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Gholyaf M,Sheikh V,Yasrebifar F,Mohammadi Y,Mirjalili M,Mehrpooya M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HAAKI is a common clinical problem in hospitalized patients. Its incidence is high in older patients and carries worse prognosis. The presence of multiple co-morbidities, aging process, and frequent diagnostic and therapeutic interventions predispose elderly patients to HAAKI. This study aims to evaluate the...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Singh S,Patel PS,Doley PK,Sharma SS,Iqbal M,Agarwal A,Singh N,Kumar A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a high incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We assessed the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on renal function in patients with CKD and OSA. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, 42 patients with Stage 3-5 CKD and OSA were stratif...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Puckrin R,Iqbal S,Zidulka A,Vasilevsky M,Barre P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of one-stage surgical correction of distal to penoscrotal hypospadias is described. The chordee is released by skin lysis alone and urethroplasty is done by the flip-flap technique while the globular glans is rerolled over the new urethra, all in one stage. The complication rate was minimal (15 per cent),...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Koyanagi T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease in the general population, and usually increases in the patients with cardiovascular disease risk. The change of EAT in...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Song G,Qiao W,Liu K,Yu X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of new diagnostic procedures has made it possible for urologists to detect chlamydial presence in genital infections. Many studies have shown chlamydial association with urethritis. However, its presence in prostatitis and epididymitis has not been clearly defined yet. In this study we investigated the pres...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Tekgül S,Aktepe O,Sahin A,Ergen A,Remzi D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unilateral adrenal tumour was incidentally detected in a 39-year-old woman with no characteristic features of Cushing's syndrome. Basal levels of glucocorticoids were within normal limits. However, abnormal pattern of plasma cortisol and ACTH was observed. The dexamethasone suppression test and the metyrapone test s...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kodama C,Nakada T,Sasagawa I,Ishigooka M,Yamaguchi T,Suzuki H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are presenting a 68-year-old female patient who was diagnosed to have a complete ureteral duplication and adenocarcinoma in the ureter which drained the upper moiety of the right kidney. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Unsal A,Cimentepe E,Koc A,Akbulut Z,Balbay MD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior urethral valves are usually detected during infancy by prenatal sonography. Less is known about presentation and outcome in older patients. We are describing a patient who presented with renal stones and was found incidentally on cystoscopy to have Type I urethral valves. ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Köksal IT,Usta M,Erdoğru T,Ateş M,Kukul E,Baykara M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have documented the data of squamous metaplasia of the bladder in 14 patients who had undergone cystoscopies for different reasons. In two biopsies, there were marked keratinization and cellular atypia. One of these two subjects was diagnosed as squamous carcinoma of the prostate and transitional cell carcinoma of ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ozbey I,Aksoy Y,Polat O,Biçgi O,Demirel A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of benign pelvic neurilemmoma with bladder infiltration and ureteral obstruction is presented. This neurally originated tumor may occur anywhere in the body, but involvement of the urinary tract is rare. Management depends upon location and other clinical findings, and in this case, since complete removal ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Dénes FT,Borelli M,Toledo VP,de Gòes GM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man was referred to our hospital with gynecomastia and painless swelling of the right scrotum. Ultrasonography revealed a 15 x 10 mm mass with low echogenicity of the right testis. We performed right high orchiectomy. Histologically, Reinke's crystals and capsular invasion by tumor cells were found. Fina...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sugimoto K,Matsumoto S,Nose K,Kurita T,Uemura H,Park YC,Hanai J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two young men with abacterial prostatitis underwent physical examination, semen analyses, rectal US (TRUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pelvis. Findings on TRUS showed no distinct differences like capsular irregularity, dilatation of the seminal vesicles and calcified foci in the prostate. In MRI ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Atilla MK,Sargin H,Odabaş O,Yilmaz Y,Aydin S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The growth of solid tumors requires angiogenesis. Evidence indicates that mast cells (MCs) play an important role in tumor angiogenesis but results are not definitive. The aim of this study is to investigate the possible effects of angiogenesis and the presence of MCs on the prognosis of renal cell carcinoma ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Mohseni MG,Mohammadi A,Heshmat AS,Kosari F,Meysamie AP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Organ-sparing surgery (OSS) for the kidney and adrenals has emerged as the need for preservation of function is paramount in patients with poor functional reserve. As reports increasingly showed that oncological outcomes were equivalent to radical excision, elective OSS became a viable alternative in patients w...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Seyam R,Khalil MI,Kamel MH,Altaweel WM,Davis R,Bissada NK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Authors measured the thickness of the basement membranes of the proximal and distal tubuli in the renal cortex in 20 patients with verified diabetes mellitus. The test group consisted of 20 patients with small abnormalities of glomeruli (or in the range of variable norm), of the same sex and comparable age. Measuremen...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Danis D,Nyitrayová O,Slugen I,Kovác A,Nyulassy S,Orban A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyse the incidence and management of emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) in North West London and examine factors that influence immediate and 6-month outcomes with the aim of guiding future management. METHODS:This work analyses EPN cases from the London North West Healthcare NHS Trust from October 2006 ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Boakes E,Batura D

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Noninvasive tests are needed for the diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain syndrome. We evaluated the significance of potassium chloride sensitivity test and urinary CTAB-precipitable uronate level in patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). METHODS:We included 25 patients with interstitial cystitis (I...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Alp BF,Akyol I,Adayener C,Senkul T,Gultepe M,Baykal K,Iseri C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The aim of this work is to determine the long-term therapeutic benefit(s) of daclizumab induction therapy with triple immunosuppressive protocols including prednisolone, cyclosporine microemulsion (CsA), and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in the living related donor kidney transplantation. METHODS:Twenty-...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sheashaa HA,Bakr MA,Fouda MA,El-Dahshan KF,Ismail AM,Sobh MA,Ghoneim MA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 234 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis, detected on the basis of clinical, immunological and pathomorphological criteria, have been examined. A group of 23 chronic glomerulonephritis patients with massive deposits of immunoglobulin A found by immunofluorescent examination, has been separated on the ba...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Steciwko A,Szewczyk Z,Letachowicz W,Steciwko M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first prospective study to investigate the association between kidney stones, bone mineral density, serum testosterone, colon cancer and O. formigenes colonization. 40 kidney stone patients and 85 controls were enrolled. O. formigenes colonization was established. BMD was examined from T- and Z-scores usin...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ravikumar Y,Begum RF,Velmurugan R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal arterial embolization and subsequent nephrectomy or nephrectomy alone were performed in 34 patients with renal cell carcinoma. Renal arterial embolization caused a blood pressure elevation concomitant with an increase in plasma renin activity (PRA), urinary aldosterone excretion or urinary prostaglandin (PGE2) e...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nakada T,Koike H,Katayama T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the infectious complications, microorganism distribution and antibacterial treatment in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred and thirty-eight patients who were 17 years age or older who underwent PCNL between January 2001 and December 2002 have ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Dogan HS,Guliyev F,Cetinkaya YS,Sofikerim M,Ozden E,Sahin A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To suggest a different method for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in lieu of voiding cystourethrography (VCU), in order to prevent radiation exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty-two ureterorenal units of 26 patients were evaluated ultrasonographically for visualizing the renal collecting systems, both ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Balbay MD,Ozsan O,Ozbek E,Ozkan S,Güneş A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:B cell-targeted immunosuppression with rituximab as primary treatment or when conventional therapy is contraindicated or unsuccessful can induce remission in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). We explored the efficacy and safety of rituximab therapy in an adult population with IMN and other primary glo...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kong WY,Swaminathan R,Irish A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Factors responsible for the low incidence of clinical prostate cancer (3-8/100,000 men/year) in the Arab population remain unclear, but may be related to changes in steroid hormone metabolism. We compared the levels of serum conjugated and unconjugated steroids between Arab and Caucasian populations, to de...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kehinde EO,Akanji AO,Memon A,Bashir AA,Daar AS,Al-Awadi KA,Fatinikun T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanisms for calcium-based stone formation are not clearly delineated. Porcine are the most anatomically and physiologically congruent mammal to humans. Our objectives were to develop a cost-effective and easily reproducible porcine model for the study of calcium-based nephrolithiasis. METHODS:Crossbred m...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Trojan BP,Trojan SJ,Navetta A,Staches B,Sutton B,Filleur S,Nelius T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00