Objetivo: determinar a ocorrência de albuminúria aumentada em pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2. Método: estudo quantitativo e transversal. A amostra de conveniência foi constituída por 46 pacientes, atendidos em um serviço de atenção primaria de saúde, no município de Macapá, Amapá, em ...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized by the presence of non-caseating granulomas in several organs; renal impairment alone is a rare condition. When it affects the kidneys, the most prevalent manifestations are hypercalcemia and hyperca...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify Nursing Diagnoses of 5th stage chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis. Method: cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study carried out with 151 patients undergoing hemodialysis in a clinic specialized in nephrology from the Northwest of the Paran...
Renal biopsy is a key procedure for the evaluation and management of the renal diseases, in order to establish a certainty diagnosis, to perform an adequate treatment and to determine the prognosis, while it results in a fundamental tool, but not all the medical centers have the necessary requeriments to...
Objetivo: describir los hallazgos histopatológicos y la progresión a enfermedad renal crónica de los pacientes sometidos a biopsia renal en un hospital de referencia de la ciudad de Medellín entre 2005 y 2014.
Metodología: estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Se revisaron historias clínicas de pacien...
Los tintes para el cabello son sustancias de uso frecuente por la población general. Su composición varía de acuerdo al fabricante, pero dentro de sus componentes universales con potencial tóxico se tienen: peróxido de hidrógeno, amoniaco y sustancias oxidantes como la parafenilendiamina. La exposi...
Abstract Congenital anomalies of the kidney and the urinary tract are congenital diseases related to Down syndrome. There are not specific recommendations. A literature review was made using key words through scientific databases (Pubmed, Science Direct, Ovid, Scholar Google, UpToDate). CAKUT in Down syn...
