BACKGROUND Pregnancy in patients on chronic hemodialysis therapy, though unlikely, does happen rarely. Intensive hemodialysis is thought to offer a better survival advantage to the unborn child. Circulating angiogenic factors are helpful for prognostication of pregnant patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis. Data on their utilization in dialysis patients, however, are limi...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have mainly focused on the roles of serum calcium and phosphorus product in the development of valvular heart failure. We determined the association of calcium-phosphorus product with the severity of heart valve failure in patients under chronic hemodialysis (being under hemodialysis for 6 months or more) in Boo-Ali Hospital in 2012 and 2013. METHODS It was a cross-s...

We report a case of a chronic hemodialysis patient who developed hypermagnesemia due to an overdose of magnesium-containing laxative and paralytic ileus resulting in colonic perforation. Despite intravenous calcium infusion and daily hemodialysis, the patient developed ischemic colitis and intestinal perforation. Colonic perforation accompanied with hypermagnesemia in hemodialysis patients has ...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal failure affects almost all the systems of the body, including the skin and appendages. The nail disorders most commonly found in patients with chronic renal failure are half and half nails, absent lunula and splinter hemorrhages. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the spectrum and the frequency of nail disorders in patients with chronic renal failure submitted to hemodialysis and...

background: the chronic kidney disease is a major health concern. the number of the elderly people with chronic renal failure has increased across the world. dialysis is an appropriate therapy for the elderly, but it involves certain challenges. the present paper reports uncertainty as part of the elderly experiences of living with hemodialysis. methods: this qualitative study applied max van m...

background: fatigue is one of the common complications in hemodialysis patients and may affect quality of life. the purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of trancscutaneus electrical acupoint stimulation (teas) on fatigue in these patients. methods: in this quasi-experimental study all chronic hemodialysis patients referred into hemodialysis unit during the study period were recr...

Introduction: Patients with cancer and hemodialysis are prone to opportunistic infections. The present research aims to examine the frequency of Toxoplasmosis and intestinal parasites in these patients. Methods: In the present cross-sectional study, seventy stool and blood samples from immunocompromised patients (46 hemodialysis and 24 cancer patients) from Guilan Province were collected in 20...

The risk of infective endocarditis in chronic hemodialysis patients is markedly higher than that in the general population. We report the first case of a hemodialysis patient with infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) who presented with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. In the last decade, there has been an increase in the incidence of SDSE infe...