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Open Journal of Nephrology (OJNEPH) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of high quality original research in all the fields of astrophysics and space sciences and related technology. All the manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigorous and…
Joseph I. Berger, Natalia Pogosian, Hanady Zainah
We present the 3 rd known case of a Serratia rubidaea urinary tract infection in a 49-year-old male with past medical history of bilateral lower extremity paraplegia who presented to the emergency room with fever, lethargy, and red tinted urine. The Serratia…
Halle Marie Patrice, Tchouamou Tchouamou Eric Gildas, Fouda Hermine, Gams Massi Daniel, Ngamby Vincent Ebenezer, Tewafeu Denis, Kaze Folefack Francois, Mapoure Njankouo Yacouba
Context: Neurologic disorders are common in patients on maintenance haemodialysis (MHD). Data in Sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. Aim: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of neurological disorders amongst patients on MHD in Cameroon. Settings and…
Younoussa Keita, Aliou A. Ndongo, Fatou Ly, Ndeye C. Cisse, Liliane N. D. M. Yamba, Babacar Niang, Djiby Seck, Amadou Sow, Ndeye F. Sow, Abou Ba, Indou D. Ly, Aliou Thiongane, Amadou L. Fall, Idrissa D. Ba, Modou Gueye, Pape M. Faye, Assane Sylla
Background: Renal failure is among the major visceral failures responsible for morbidity and mortality in children. Epidemiological data on renal failure in children are limited in sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal. We conducted this study to assess the p…
Maria Faye, Ahmed Tall Lemrabott, Niakhaleen Keita, Moustapha Faye, Romina Ghassani, Mansour Mbengue, Bacary Ba, Seynabou Diagne, Abdou Niang, El Hadj Fary Ka
Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as high blood pressure in the lungs. It is recently described as a vascular disease entity in chronic kidney disease, particularly for chronic hemodialysis patients. The aims of this study were to determine…
Kamel El-Reshaid, A. A. Abdelhafez, S. Hussein
Idiopathic granulomatous ureteritis (IGU) is a rare autoimmune disorder. Multiple case reports led to defining its clinicopathological inclusion criteria in 1997. Surgical resection and primary reanastomosis, of such pseudotumor, were considered its definitiv…
Denis Georges Teuwafeu, Nlend Bah Joseph, Maimouna Mahamat, Nono Aristide, Kaze Folefack Francois, Ashuntantang Gloria
Background: Late referral of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients requiring emergency hemodialysis (HD) for survival poses a serious threat to global health particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Objective: Describe the epidemiological and clinical profil…
Hilal Al Kalbani, Issa Al Salmi, Fatma Al Rahbi, Sumaiya Al Siyabi, Suad Hannawi
Background: To evaluate bone-mineral-density-BMD determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-DEXA and bone turnover markers in chronic-kidney-disease-CKD patients. Method: An observational-clinical study of all patients who were scanned by DEXA-scan in 201…
José Lucas Daza, Yaroslad de la Cruz, John Fredy Galindo, Luis Puello, Gerardo Gutiérrez, María Camila Correcha, Carlos Alban, Daniel Soto, Andrés Cárdenas, Luis José Daza, Néstor Guarnizo, Abel Caraballo
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease with an etiopathogenesis that is still unclear. With a higher incidence in women of childbearing age. Pregnancy in patients suffering from this pathology is a constant challenge for multidisciplinary teams…
Weu M. Tia, Abdoulaye Togo, Manzan A. Wognin, Reine M. Koffi, Jonathan Kpan, Bourhaima Ouattara, Dame A. Gnionsahe
Background: Cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) are very frequent in pa-tients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and impose a new environment to which the heart must adapt. Cardiac ultrasound is a non-invasive and easy-to-perform examination that allows quanti…
Peter Kehinde Uduagbamen, Adesola Temitope Oyelese, Abdallah Olukayode AdebolaYusuf, Mary Umoh Thompson, Boladale Ajani Afeez Alalade, Osaze Ehioghae
Introduction: Inflammation has been implicated as a major reason for the higher morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared to the diseases that commonly precedes it. The neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has increasingly been reported to…
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