Potassium and Related Disorders

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Magnesium is an essential mineral for many metabolic functions. There is very little information on the effect of magnesium supplementation on metabolic profiles of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of magnesium supplementation on metabolic profil…

• ALİ KIRIK

AIMS: The complementary studies FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) examined cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in different, overlapping stages of CKD. The purpose of the FIDELITY analysis was to perform an individual patient-level prespecified pooled efficacy…

• SEDAT ÜSTÜNDAĞ

Significance Statement Hyperkalemia is common after treatment with a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA). In the FIDELIO-DKD randomized trial, the nonsteroidal MRA finerenone improved cardiorenal outcomes, but was associated with a twofold higher risk of hyperkalemia versus placebo, consistent across patient s…

• SEDAT ÜSTÜNDAĞ

BACKGROUND: Hyperkalemia is a major cause of mortality in the patients who suffer from crush syndrome in the aftermath of major earthquakes. 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…

BACKGROUND: Magnesium is an essential ion for all living cells because over 300 enzymes require the presence of magnesium for their catalytic action. To date, no group has evaluated magnesium as a cardiovascular risk factor in chronic kidney disease (CKD) subjects, in which closely interrelated factors and potential c…

• MEHMET KANBAY

PURPOSE: To describe nonadherence with diet and fluid restrictions and the level of perceived social support in hemodialysis patients. DESIGN: Descriptive survey. The data were obtained from 160 patients in three hemodialysis centers in Turkey between March 2006 and May 2006. Descriptive statistics, reliability analys…

• SEHER BELGÜZAR KARA

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine a plausible correlation between venous and arterial blood gas values in acidotic patients with chronic uremia or diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). METHODS: A total of 152 arterial and 152 venous blood samples from uremic patients (n = 100), DKA patients (n = 21) and hea…

• GÜLŞAH SEYDAOĞLU

Hospitalizations due to heart failure are increasing steadily despite advances in medicine. Patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure have high mortality in hospital and within the months following discharge. Kidney dysfunction is associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure patients. Recent evidence sugg…

• BARIŞ AFŞAR

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• CEMİL GÜRGÜN

Abstract Acute renal failure (ARF) is rarely reported after bowel preparation with sodium phosphate. We report a patient with mild Crohn disease (in remission), without history of renal disease, and with normal baseline renal function, who developed ARF 14 days after bowel preparation for colonoscopy with oral sodium…

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic kidney disease, which is partly explained by the fact that 40-70% of patients receiving dialysis have significant coronary artery disease. Recent clinical studies have shown that lower serum magnesium (Mg) levels are associ…

• FARUK HİLMİ TURGUT

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic kidney disease, which is partly explained by the fact that 40-70% of patients receiving dialysis have significant coronary artery disease. Recent clinical studies have shown that lower serum magnesium (Mg) levels are associ…

• MEHMET KANBAY