Lack of affordable renal replacement therapy (RRT), especially in limited resource settings, puts patients with kidney failure at the risk of imminent…

Organ shortage continues to be the major unresolved problem in transplantation medicine. Although organ transplantation is currently the best treatment…

During recent years, a new classification of chronic kidney disease (CKD) was introduced in the literature because this condition can be grouped…

Adequate dialysis, as measured by Kt/V, is important for maintaining good health in haemodialysis (HD) patients. Guidelines recommend single pool Kt/V…

Ocular problems have been reported to exist in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Discounting ageing itself, which is a known risk factor…

Glomerular deposits with fibrillary structure are encountered in several renal disorders. In some diseases, such as amyloidosis, fibril deposition…

Plasma creatinine and urea are widely used as markers of renal function. Saliva is an alternative diagnostic fluid with many advantages in comparison…

Dengue virus infection (DVI) is a vector-borne febrile illness which has a high prevalence in most tropical countries worldwide. DVI can be classified…

Drug dosing in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be challenging due to the exclusion of such patients in the clinical trials during the drug…

Haemodialysis (HD) is the most widely used dialysis modality worldwide and requires vascular access. Access options include arteriovenous fistula…