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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…
Imen Gorsane, Madiha Mahfoudhi, Mondher Ounissi, Fathi Younsi, Imed Helal, Taieb Ben Abdallah
Age at onset of renal replacement therapy (RRT) is increasing in all countries. Two substitution methods of renal function remain available: hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD). It was a retrospective study carried out on January 2015 and it includ…
Stephen Meyer, Aswin Nukala, Nikita Maniar, Waldo Herrera
Page Kidney is a relatively rare cause of Acute Renal Failure (ARF) presenting as accelerated and uncontrolled hypertension secondary direct compression of the renal parenchyma by an extrinsic source. This case report describes a 44-year-old male with advance…
Amin S. Banaga, Elaf B. Mohammed, Rania M. Siddig, Diana E. Salama, Sara B. Elbashir, Mohamed O. Khojali, Rasha A. Babiker, Khalifa Elmusharaf, Mamoun M. Homeida
Renal transplantation remains the most effective treatment of End Stage Renal Failure (ESRF). In this cross sectional study we explore the reasons behind refusal of renal transplantation among adults’ Sudanese haemodialysis patients. The subjects of the study…
Karima Boubaker, Madiha Mahfoudhi, Amel Gaieb Battikh, Azza Bounemra, Chokri Maktouf, Adel Kheder
Study for influence of chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) on endogenous erythropoietin production and on anemia in dialysis patients remains inconclusive. We hypothesize that chronic hemodialysis patients with co-existing Hepatitis C infection will have higher hemoglo…
Karima Boubaker, Madiha Mahfoudhi, Amel Gaieb Battikh, Hayet Kaaroud, Ezzeddine Abderrahim, Taieb Ben Abdallah, Adel Kheder
It’s a retrospective study whose aim was to evaluate the incidence and the mortality in a popula-tion including 329 patients who received first kidney transplants from a living donor in 269 cases and cadaveric donor in 60 cases at Internal Medicine A departme…
Jean Jacques Sehonou, Jacques Vigan, Bruno Léopold Agboton, Gbètondji Michel Massi
Aim: To study the functional dyspepsia in chronic hemodialysis patients of CNHU-HKM of Cotonou. Methods: This descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study ran from 1 September 2013 to 28 February 2014 in the University Clinic of Nephrology Dialysis of CN…
Hiromichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Omata, Hiroo Kumagai
This review highlights recent advances in pathophysiology and treatment for uremic pruritus, especially focusing on various interventions. Pruritus in patients on hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) still remains an unresolved issue. Recently, the…
Mathieu Leblanc, Martin Plaisance
DRESS syndrome is a severe drug induced reaction. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is sometimes present in the form of an acute interstitial nephritis. We present the case of a 75-year-old man with glioblastoma who developed a DRESS two months after starting levetir…
Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo, Ana Carolina Gonçalves Kehl, Stephanie Thomaz Bottin, Wilem Gomes Daminelli
Introduction: Peritonitis continues to be the main complication for patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). Objective: To determine the frequency of peritonitis according to the disease-causing microorganism and its distribution throughout the year, linking to…
Adamu Sambo, Mona Aslam, Syam Padmanabha
Optic disc drusen are eye abnormalities characterised by calcific degeneration affecting some axons of the optic nerve. Alport syndrome is a collagen IV related nephropathy with well-described pathognomonic ocular features. We present the case of a child who…
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