Faruk Turgut

..Specific attention was given to the role of combination RAAS blockade therapy and higher monotherapy dosing in the treatment of hypertension in the elderly...

..Therefore, nocturia may have an impact on the circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP). The association between nocturia and the circadian rhythm of BP was investigated in this study...

..We tested the hypotheses that magnesium supplementation helps to improve carotid intima media thickness (IMT) in HD patients...

..Silymarin is extracted from Silybum marianum and Cynara cardunculus seeds and fruits. The aim of this study is to investigate whether silymarin administration prevents the damage induced by I/R in rat kidneys...

..Even aggressive therapy was ineffective. To our knowledge, we report the first case of infective endocarditis secondary to pedicure in the literature...

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..Renal ischemia followed by reperfusion leads to acute renal failure in both native kidneys and renal allograft. We investigated the effect of curcumin on ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and the antioxidant effects of curcumin in rats...

..Further studies are warranted to confirm this relationship and to elucidate the pathogenetic mechanisms of this relationship...

..Beta-(1-->3)-glucans are glucose polymers with a variety of stimulatory effects on the immune system. We designed this study to determine the possible protective effect of the orally administered soluble beta-glucan against I/R injury...

..The purpose of this review was to critically review the current literature examining the effects of plasma Mg levels on cardiovascular disease and parathyroid hormone homeostasis in ESRD, and renal transplant patients...

..This study was performed to investigate the chronic effects of L-carnitine treatment on respiratory functions in adults receiving chronic hemodialysis therapy...

..The aims of this study are to assess the prevalence of dyspepsia, Helicobacter pylori, and the association between dyspeptic symptoms and diabetes...

..We therefore conducted a prospective study to investigate the benefits of allopurinol treatment in hyperuricemic patients with normal renal function...

..Post transplant there is some definite CV benefit, albeit in a patient cohort selected to be at reduced CV risk by virtue of being eligible for organ transplant. The results from the AURORA and SHARP studies are awaited anxiously...

..22 +/- 4.14% versus 3.57 +/- 2.52%, p = 0.025). Non-dipper patients with ADPKD show significant ED, which has an important impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality...

..To compare ultrafiltration under continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and automated PD (APD), disclosing potential effects on serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and echocardiographic findings...

..Administration of darbepoetin alfa increased blood pressure in patients on HD in a way that was positively correlated with enhanced ET-1 release; a similar correlation was noted with epoetin alfa...

..This paper will attempt to address to clarify the underlying basis for nondipping and the specific associations with various disease states...

..Results suggest that spironolactone decreases plasma NT-proBNP concentrations, and that the measurement of plasma NT-proBNP levels may be helpful in assessing therapeutic efficacy in patients who are treated for heart failure...

..We submit a case with severe proteinuria and hypoalbuminemia, and end-stage renal disease secondary to bronchiectasis-related amyloidosis. Bilateral embolization of the renal arteries was performed to prevent loss of albumin...

..6 +/- 21.7 pg/mL to 9.1 +/- 3.5 pg/mL (P= 0.002). Six months of simvastatin therapy resulted in a significant improvement of ED in patients with ADPKD. This finding may be in part related to the pleiotropic effects of simvastatin...

..We hypothesized that endothelial dysfunction in subjects with CKD would correlate with uric acid levels...

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..None of the patients had supraventricular tachycardia or atrial arrhythmia. Conclusion In this study, 6 months of isotretinoin therapy significantly improved acne and did not cause any cardiac adverse effects at a dose of 0.8 mg/kg/day...

..A skin biopsy was performed from the forearm and was reported as PXE. Herein, we present a case of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis accompanying PXE...

..Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a common cause of acute kidney injury. Several preventive therapies for this injury have been tested; however, there is still no consensus on the optimal protocol...

..001). Our results also showed that RTx has provided improvement in endothelial function by eliminating the uremic environment although not in the early post-RTx period...

..In this study we aimed to test the hypothesis that obesity is associated with risk for CKD and whether this risk is associated with serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in an apparently healthy obese population...

..The aim of the present study was to compare the incidence of peritonitis among PD solutions in PD patients treated either with Nutrineal or with Extraneal or with conventional glucose solutions...

..The study compares the circuit lifespan and metabolic complications using RCA for CRRT at varying levels of liver dysfunction...

..Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) have been used in different cohorts to screen for depression...

..14 mm; P < 0.001) patients with ADPKD compared with healthy subjects (0.45 +/- 0.10 mm). CONCLUSION: Both hypertensive and normotensive patients with ADPKD show significant ED and increased IMT, which are predictors of atherosclerosis...

..This review addresses these promising new therapeutic agents for delaying the progression of diabetic kidney disease...

..CONCLUSION: Both hypertensive and normotensive patients with ADPKD show significant biventricular diastolic dysfunction, suggesting cardiac involvement very early in the course of ADPKD...