OBJECTIVE To help inform primary care physicians about how to identify and slow progressive chronic renal failure. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE The National Library of Medicine (1996 to 2000) was searched using PubMed with search terms pertinent to studies on identification, course, and management of chronic renal failure. References in retrieved papers and older literature known to the authors supple...

Cancer risk in maintenance hemodialysis patients has been studied epidemiology, which might be influenced by various factors. On the contrary, investigation of cancer-bearing in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients has been rarely reported. Recently, we revealed relatively frequent past history of both colorectal cancer and renal cell carcinoma ahead of dialysis introduction and prevale...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of renal abnormalities in ragdoll cats. Ragdoll breeders often warn clients to watch for future renal problems, mainly due to chronic interstitial nephritis and polycystic kidney disease. Therefore, ragdoll screening by abdominal ultrasonography, measurement of serum creatinine and urea concentrations and genetic testing is often performed without documented ...

Cancer risk in maintenance hemodialysis patients has been studied epidemiology, which might be influenced by various factors. On the contrary, investigation of cancer-bearing in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients has been rarely reported. Recently, we revealed relatively frequent past history of both colorectal cancer and renal cell carcinoma ahead of dialysis introduction and prevale...

OBJECTIVE The study investigated the optimal threshold value of renal arterial resistive index as assessed by Doppler ultrasonography determining chronic kidney disease stage 4 or higher in patients with renal allograft. METHODS In a cross-sectional study the renal arterial resistive index were obtained in interlobar arteries by Doppler ultrasonography in 78 patients with renal allograft. The...

introduction: chronic renal disease (c.r.d) is a pathophysiological process due to progressive and irreversible decrease in number and function of nephrons in the kidney. anemia is one of the most important complications in crd patients. anemia is caused mainly due to diminished production of erythropoietin (epo), which is treated by weekly injection of the epo. l-carnitine added to epo can inc...

background: quality of life (qol) assessment in patients on chronic hemodialysis (hd) or peritoneal dialysis (pd) has rarely been carried out. the aim of this study was to assess the quality of life during hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment in patients referred to teaching hospitals in urmia, iran. methods: all chronic hd and pd patients in taleghani and imam khomeini teaching hospi...

conclusions since family-centered empowerment interventions can determine the training- and treatment-related needs of patients and are low cost and effective, they may help parents promote their children’s self-efficacy and qol. results the mean age of the children was 10.2 and 10.5 years in the intervention and control groups, respectively. the duration of the disease was five years in both g...

the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (ckd), as defined by the nfk-kdoqi (the national kidney foundation kidney disease outcomes quality initiative) guidelines, is a glomerular filtration rate less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 or the presence of microalbuminuria. ckd is increasing worldwide, leading to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. there is general agreement on the importance of an ...

background the most common complications during dialysis are hypotension and muscle cramps. there are many strategies to prevent and treat these complications. objectives the aim of this study is to evaluate effects of vitamin e and l-carnitine supplementation alone and in combination on intradialytic complications. patients and methods in a prospective study, 20 patients with end stage renal d...