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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…
Hirohito Sugawara, Hideki Takizawa, Norihito Moniwa, Naoki Takamatsu, Yusuke Ohashi, Yayoi Ogawa
We report a case of IgG4-related disease presenting both tubulointerstitial nephritis and retroperitoneal fibrosis causing acute renal failure in a 63-year-old male. He was admitted to our hospital because of acute renal failure requiring emergent hemodialysi…
Ibrahim Hamat, Guillaume Mahamat Abderraman, Zeinab Maïga Moussa Tondi, Mahamat Youssouf, Mouhammadou Moustapha Cisse, Fotclossou Tara, Elhaj Fary Ka, Abdou Niang, Boucar Diouf
Introduction: Chronic renal failure is a disease that affects many patients worldwide and increasingly in Africa. At the end of 2003, about 1.1 million people were suffering from End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and were treated with periodic dialysis [12]. In…
Nathan B. W. Chimbatata, Chao Hu, 1 1
Terminal kidney disease is a life threatening condition and cause for loss of hope to affected individuals. It affects the individuals physically as well as mentally. The advancement in medical knowledge and technology in transplant surgery has steadily incre…
Maria Faye, Ahmed Tall Lemrabott, Mouhamadou Moustapha Cisse, Jean De Dieu Nzambaza, Cherif Mouhamed Dia, Sidy Mohamed Seck, Khodia Fall, Moustapha Faye, Elhadji Fary Ka, Abdou Niang, Boucar Diouf
Introduction: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome represents 25% to 30% of glomerulonephritis in adults. These glomerulonephritides are responsible of about the half of chronic kidney failure examined as well in United States as in Europe or Africa. The aim of this…
Hassan Al Malki, Muftah Othman, Baha Osman, Awad Rashid, Omar Fituri, Muhammad Asim
Aims: Catheter-related infection, which is one of the major side effects of the use of dialysis catheters, leads to increases in hospitalization, morbidity and mortality. Antibiotic lock is an option for reducing the incidence of these infections, but there a…
Kazuyuki Noguchi, Hirayasu Kai, Hirofumi Zempo, Fumio Mizuno, Masahiro Hagiwara, Naoki Morito, Joichi Usui, Chie Saito, Shinya Kuno, Kunihiro Yamagata
Aim: This study aimed to examine the effects of exercise training on kidney function and nutrition status in obese Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients. Methods: This is a prospective randomized controlled trial. Twelve adult obese CKD patients were randomly…
Kane Yaya, Cisse Mouhamadou Moustapha, Seck Sidy Mohamed, Lemrabott Ahmed Tall, Faye Maria, Hounsounou Christian, Diallo Kalilou, Ka El Hadji Fary, Niang Abdou, Diouf Boucar
Introduction: Measuring the quality of life (QOL) in recent years has become an indispensable tool in monitoring patients suffering from chronic diseases. We conducted this study to assess QOL of patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis in Dakar, and to identi…
Coulibaly Gérard, Da Sami Augustin, Karambiri Adama Roger, Lengani M. H. Aïda, Sanou Gaoussou, K. Manan Hien, Lengani Adama
Goal: By describing the epidemiology of chronic hemodialysis patients in the single hemodialysis unit of Burkina Faso, we want to contribute to the prevention and improvement of chronic renal failure management (CRF) in this country. Patients and Methods: A d…
Satoru Kuriyama, Shinichiro Nishio, Satoshi Kidoguchi, Kosuke Honda, Yasuhito Takahashi, Naoki Sugano, Yukio Maruyama, Tatsuo Hosoya, Tomoko Nakano, Tomoko Tanabe, Edward Stim, Takashi Yokoo
Background: To what extent uric acid (UA) levels and/or metabolic syndrome (Mets) contribute to the onset of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is largely unknown. The present study explores how these two factors have an association with the new incidence of CKD. M…
Aysam Mahmoud, Zeeshan Sheikh, Safia Gilani, Paru Kathpalia
C3 glomerulopathy is a disease including both dense deposit disease and C3 glomerulonephritis has an estimated prevalence of 2 to 3 per million. Originally, these pathologies were defined as glomerular pathology characterized by accumulation of C3 with absent…
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