Journal of Clinical Nephrology ISSN: 2576-9529

<h2>Abstract</h2> <p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is prevalent in hemodialysis (HD). In the general population, more women than men have PH due to left ventricular (LV) disease with preserved ejection fraction (EF). Little is known about...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p>Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a highly prevalent disease, imposing high mortality rates worldwide, and it is closely related to cardiovascular events. Vitamin D deficiency is very prevalent in patients with CKD from the earliest stages of the disease, and ...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Obesity may cause progressive chronic kidney disease. Weight loss in the postoperative follow-up of bariatric surgery may improve renal function in these patients. Thus, the purpose of this study was to give insight...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p><strong>Background</strong>: Hyperuricosuria, persistently low urinary pH, and low urinary volume are the main risk factors of uric acid nephrolithiasis. Epidemiologic studies suggest that high water intake is protective against the occurrence of...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p>Internal jugular vein catheters (IJC) is recommended as the central venous access of choice in haemodialysis patients. However it is associated with complications of variable severity.</p> <p><strong>Objectives</strong>: To study t...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Ultrasound examination is frequently used to evaluate the graft after renal transplantation and to detect possible lymphoceles. The first ultrasound scan in our hospital is normally performed on the day of discharge...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p><strong>Introduction</strong>: The phimosis condition is characterized by the inability to retract the foreskin on the glans, making it impossible to expose them. Surgical treatment, although effective, has been questioned by the risk to which th...

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<h2>Introduction</h2> <p>The rise in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and hospitalization rates among the hemodialysis (HD) patients after the long weekly inter-dialysis interval is very impressive. In fact, there is an additional long-term morbidity risk besides this acut...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p><strong>Background</strong>: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at the risk of increase hospital admission as compared to the general population, due to various reasons. They have increased vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases (CV...

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<h2>Abstract</h2> <p><strong>Background and objectives</strong>: New AKI biomarkers (on the top of it NGAL biomarker) have demonstrated better performance for prediction of AKI in critically ill patients with heterogeneous illness. Renal angina index was recently rep...

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