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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria and Acute Kidney Injury: A Case Report
(2013)
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare cause of hemolytic anemia. The major outlines of clinical presentation comprises findings of hemolysis, venous thrombosis and findings of bone marrow failure. The ...
Antierythropoietin Antibodies in Hemodialysis Patients Treated with Recombinant Erythropoietin
(2014)
OBJECTIVE: Erythropoietin resistance is a serious problem in patients treated with recombinant erythropoietin. Antierythropoietin antibodies are considered to be one of the causes of this resistance.
Comparison of MPV and High Sensitive CRP Levels between Patients with and without Diabetic Microvascular Complication
(2015)
Aim: Diabetes is an important cause of mortality and morbidity affecting especially individuals with its complications. We aimed to draw attention to the fact that MPV and hsCRP can be evaluated as warning parameters in ...
Lipid Profile and Inflammation in Degenerative Valvular Disease
(2015)
Aim: Degenerative valvular heart disease (DVHD) may cause serious cardiac problems and mortality. Determination of the factors related to DVHD may render possible the prevention and/or slowing down the progression of DVHD. ...
Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Bidirectional Road
(2017)
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) have many common points regarding risk factors, etiology, clinical and laboratory factors. We aimed in this review to discuss the outcome, the risk of CKD, ...
The correlation of inflammatory markers and plasma vaspin levels in patients with diabetic nephropathy
(2016)
Vaspin, a recently identified adipokine, is a visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor that may have insulin sensitizing effect on adipose tissue. Herein, we measured vaspin level in patients with different ...
Spontaneous Renal Cholesterol Crystal Embolism In A Patient with Functionally Solitary Kidney
(2014)
Renal cholesterol crystal embolism (also called renal atheroembolism) is a cause of acute kidney injury with increasing frequency. It is usually seen in patients older than 60 years of age with diffuse atherosclerotic ...
IS PENTRAXIN-3 STRONGER THAN C-REACTIVE PROTEIN TO DETERMINE INFLAMMATION IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS?
(2012)
Pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) is the prototype of long pentraxins and is produced by many tissues and organs including vascular endothelial cells in response to pro-inflammatory signals. It is thought to be an independent indicator ...
A New Marker For Endothelial Function in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Apelin
(2013)
Aim: The most important cause of death in end-stage renal disease is cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is one of the most important steps in the pathogenesis of CVD. Apelin is a peptide recently ...
Effect of Baseline Datas on the Survival of Intensive Care Unit Patients
(2017)
Aim: We investigated demographic features and systemic diseases which affect mortality and the importance of the biochemical analyzes on admission in patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU).