FP368NON STERIODAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AMONG PRE END STAGE RENAL DISEASE PATIENTS: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY

Epidemiological Characteristics and Causes of End-stage Renal Disease in Hemodialysis Patients

Background and aims: Hemodialysis (HD) is considered as the main method of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients in many countries including Iran. Given the limited number of epidemiological studies in this regard at the provincial level across the country, the present study aimed to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of ESRD patie...

Dyspepsia — An Underestimated Problem among End- stage Renal Disease Patients

Cancer among end-stage renal disease patients on dialysis.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to investigate the risk of cancer among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on dialysis in Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study looks at a retrospective cohort of 5505 ESRD patients who had received dialysis between 1998 and 2007. The cancer risk of these patients would be compared against the risk of the general population. RESULTS During a m...

Pulmonary infectious mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease.

BACKGROUND Infection is the second-leading cause of death among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This is due in part to advanced age, comorbid conditions, and immune dysfunction observed in uremic states. Although one may hypothesize that pulmonary infectious mortality is higher among patients with ESRD compared with the general population (GP), no such data are currently available...

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome with End Stage Renal Disease

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is one of the rare autosomal recessive disorders that affect multiple organs of the body. The signs and symptoms of this condition vary among affected individuals, even among members of the same family. We present a case of BBS with features of hypogonadism and features such as marked central obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, renal abnormalities and mental ...