incidence of diabetes is increasing in developing countries as well as iran. half of the patients are not aware of their disease so screening of diabetes is necessary. lifestyle changes in society, high-saturated fat diet and decreased physical activity are the factors that influence the growing rate of diabetes in iran.1 the need for addressing type 2 diabetes has been clarified for family phy...

Biomarkers have been used to screen for kidney disease since creatinine was recognized to be correlated with renal function. The measurement of serum creatinine as a screening test for kidney disease falls short, however, because serum creatinine is not particularly sensitive for the diagnosis of kidney disease. Creatinine reflects renal filtering capacity, which has a lot of reserve and is the...

in order to study the incidence and histopathological aspects of renal disease and its role in the mortality rate in iran, the protocols of 4463 autopsies, performed in the last 15 years at the tehran university hospitals were reviewed. among 4463 autopsies there were 861 cases (20 %) of various renal diseases including 282 cases (32.75 %) of disease of the interstitium, 176 cases (20.44 %) of ...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency has not only been associated with bone and muscular complications but also cancer, cardiovascular diseases, infection, maternal neonatal complications. There are many causes of vitamin including socio-demographic factors, the timing sun exposure, along drugs, skin, liver, kidney diseases. India is closer to equator so considered have a lower risk it so, studie...

BACKGROUND Bronchial asthma influences some chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension, but the impact of asthma on vital diseases such as chronic kidney disease is not yet verified. This study aims to clarify the association between bronchial asthma and the risk of developing chronic kidney disease. METHODS The National Health Research Institute prov...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : previous reports have suggested acute phase proteins, such as albumin, to alter in hemodialysis (hd) patients. intravenous l-carnitine supplementation is expected to improve the level of plasma albumin in hd patients. this study was performed to evaluate the effects of oral l-carnitine supplementation on hemog...

background: this cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the cost-effectiveness of three therapeutic methods of long-term hemodialysis, kidney transplant from a living person and kidney transplant from a cadaver utilizing disability adjusted life years (daly) using data from the records of patients referred to afzalipour hospital of kerman in 2012.   methods: this cross-sectional study u...

as the world’s population continues to age, practitioners encounter increasing numbers of older patients with end-stage renal disease (esrd) who require renal replacement therapy (rrt). conservative management may be considered in older patients and has been shown to offer comparable survival rates and hospital-free days to rrt patients. at present, for those who choose rrt, hemodialysis is the...