Investigation of features of patients in renal transplantation waiting list: who wants much more of what for renal transplantation?

Renal transplant is the best form of treatment for most patients with end-stage renal disease [ESRD], because that therapy improves quality of life, prolongs survival, and is cost-effective. The objective of the study being reported was to compare the sociodemographic characteristics and registration status for renal transplantation of ESRD patients in Turkey who were registered for transplant or not. The study was conducted between June and September 2012 on patients of several Dialysis Centers. They all were informed in a one on one interview about the risks and benefits of renal transplants; they were also asked to fill out the questionnaires given to them. The study questionnaire was designed with the help of already published reports to include among others the patient's age, sex, waiting time and educational status. Patients who had been registered in the cadaver kidney waiting list were aged 43.85 +/- 13.48 in the average, with a balanced sex ratio, average dialysis duration 57.30 +/- 51.46 months. Of these patients 45 had finished high school, 87 lived in rural areas and 67 had an income equivalent to expenses. There was a significant difference among the groups depending on the patients' residence in an urban or rural environment. Such a difference might be following the greater ease of obtaining relevant information in the urban areas

Rhabdomyolysis-related acute renal failure and bi-phasic calcium metabolism

Rhabdomyolysis is one of the causes of acute renal failure [ARF] and it can be Life-threatening in some cases. Hypocalcemia is prominent during the oliguric phase of renal failure and if the patient reaches the diuretic phase, hypercalcemia can develop. We report a 20-year-old male patient with rhabdomyolysis-induced ARF with bi-phasic calcium metabolism observed during the course of ARF