The Marmara earthquake: epidemiological analysis of the victims with nephrological problemsM S Sever
Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Turkey
Kidney Int 60:1114-23. 2001
..This report analyzes the epidemiological characteristics of the crush syndrome victims of this disaster...
- Erich Frank (1884-1957): unsung pioneer in nephrology
Mehmet Sukru Sever
Department of Internal Medicine Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Turkey
Am J Kidney Dis 58:654-65. 2011
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- Management of crush-related injuries after disasters
Mehmet Sukru Sever
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
N Engl J Med 354:1052-63. 2006
- Effect of gender on various parameters of crush syndrome victims of the Marmara earthquake
Mehmet S Sever
Local Coordinator for the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force of the International Society of Nephrology, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
J Nephrol 17:399-404. 2004
..This study aimed to analyze the effect of gender on clinical course of the renal victims of the catastrophic Marmara earthquake that struck Northwestern Turkey in 1999...
- Lessons learned from the catastrophic Marmara earthquake: factors influencing the final outcome of renal victims
M S Sever
Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Nephrol 61:413-21. 2004
..Information obtained by means of these questionnaires, including the factors with a potential influence on outcome, was submitted to analysis...
- Features of chronic hemodialysis practice after the Marmara earthquake
Mehmet Sukru Sever
Renal Disaster Relief Task Force of the International Society of Nephrology and Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Capa 34390, Istanbul, Turkey
J Am Soc Nephrol 15:1071-6. 2004
..After catastrophic earthquakes, despite a decrease in the number of HD sessions, patients comply with disaster conditions, likely by strictly following dietary and fluid restrictions...
- Serum potassium in the crush syndrome victims of the Marmara disaster
M S Sever
Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Nephrol 59:326-33. 2003
..The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency and effects of hyperkalemia in the 639 victims of catastrophic Marmara earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey, in August 1999...
- The Marmara earthquake: admission laboratory features of patients with nephrological problems
Mehmet Sukru Sever
Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Nephrol Dial Transplant 17:1025-31. 2002
..North-western Turkey was struck by a devastating earthquake in August 1999, which caused several thousand deaths. Among the most important morbid events in survivors were acute nephrological problems...
- Renal replacement therapies in the aftermath of the catastrophic Marmara earthquake
Mehmet S Sever
Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Kidney Int 62:2264-71. 2002
..The Marmara earthquake, which struck Northwestern Turkey in August 1999, was characterized by 477 victims who needed dialysis...
- Outcome of living unrelated (commercial) renal transplantation
M S Sever
Department of Nephrology and Department of Surgery, Istanbul School of Medicine, Capa Istanbul, Turkey
Kidney Int 60:1477-83. 2001
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- Clinical findings in the renal victims of a catastrophic disaster: the Marmara earthquake
Mehmet Sukru Sever
Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Nephrol Dial Transplant 17:1942-9. 2002
..After the devastating Marmara earthquake that struck Turkey in August 1999, 639 patients were identified with nephrological problems, whose clinical findings have been the subject of this analysis...
- Treatment modalities and outcome of the renal victims of the Marmara earthquake
Mehmet Sukru Sever
Local coordinator for the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force of the International Society of Nephrology ISN, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Nephron 92:64-71. 2002
..The therapeutic interventions applied to and the outcome of 639 victims with acute renal problems during the catastrophic Marmara earthquake have been the subject of this study...
- Endothelial function is more impaired in hemodialysis patients than renal transplant recipients
Huseyin Oflaz
Department of Cardiology, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Transplant 17:528-33. 2003
..CONCLUSION: Patients with end-stage renal disease have ED. Endothelial function is more impaired in HD patients than rTX. Different mechanisms might be responsible for ED in HD patients and rTX...
- The effect of calcineurin inhibitors on endothelial function in renal transplant recipients
Huseyin Oflaz
Department of Cardiology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Transplant 17:212-6. 2003
..05). Post-transplant course of renal transplant recipients is complicated by endothelial dysfunction. This problem is more prominent in patients on CsA therapy, which can predispose these patients to more frequent cardiac complications...
- Comparison of markers of appetite and inflammation between hemodialysis patients with and without failed renal transplants
Yasar Caliskan
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
J Ren Nutr 22:258-67. 2012
..We aim to compare the markers of appetite and malnutrition, and their relation with inflammation in HD patients with and without previous kidney transplantation...
- Conversion to sirolimus in renal transplant recipients: a single-center experience
Berna Yelken
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Artif Organs 34:E230-7. 2010
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- Early and vigorous fluid resuscitation prevents acute renal failure in the crush victims of catastrophic earthquakes
Ali Ihsan Gunal
Department of Nephrology, Firat University Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
J Am Soc Nephrol 15:1862-7. 2004
..Early and vigorous fluid resuscitation followed by mannitol-alkaline diuresis prevents acute renal failure in crush victims, resulting in a more favorable outcome...
- The need for blood products in patients with crush syndrome
Rumeyza Kazancioglu
Department of Nephrology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Am J Disaster Med 5:295-301. 2010
..In this study, the authors evaluated the need of blood and blood products in patients hospitalized due to crush syndrome after the Marmara earthquake in a single center..
- Application of the RIFLE criteria in patients with crush-related acute kidney injury after mass disasters
Mehmet S Sever
Renal Disaster Relief Task Force RDRTF for Turkey, International Society of Nephrology
Nephrol Dial Transplant 26:515-24. 2011
..RIFLE may be useful to foresee medical and logistic problems in crush-related AKI in disaster victims...
- Association of HLA phenotypes of end-stage renal disease patients preparing for first transplantation with anti-HLA antibody status
Gonca Emel Karahan
Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ren Fail 32:380-3. 2010
..02) having the highest frequency in patients with sensitizing event history but no anti-HLA development suggesting that DRB1*07 might be associated with low risk of anti-HLA antibody formation...
- Left ventricular hypertrophy and endothelial dysfunction in chronic hemodialysis patients
Alaattin Yildiz
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Am J Kidney Dis 41:616-23. 2003
..In this study, we aim to investigate the association of ED and presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in CHD patients...
