background: accumulation or deficiency of trace elements can occur in hemodialysis patients and it increases risk of cardiovascular or other organs disorders. special ions levels such as sodium and bicarbonate in dialysis fluid are accurately regulated but the remaining elements are not regularly measured. aluminum and lead belong to the biologic performance free heavy metals .they also has a t...

background: chronic renal disease is a health problem in today’s world. in the end-stages of renal disease patients depend upon alternative therapies including dialysis for their survival. however, dialysis causes several stressors on physical, mental and social performance of patients. the present study aimed to review and compare the self-concept in patients undergoing hemodialysis and perito...

conclusions it seems that to achieve the patients' comfort during the hemodialysis procedure, the health care teams, hospitals in charge and the patients themselves have to do their best to provide the patients' comfort. results three themes emerged: the presence of competent nurses, the delightful presence of the others, and coping with comfort obstacles. each theme consisted of some categorie...

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...

conclusions one in five patients undergoing maintenance dialysis in hamadan is seropositive for hepatitis e immunoglobulin g antibody. future studies are needed to investigate the factors contributing to the observed high prevalence rate and the possibility of parenteral transmission of hepatitis e. results thirty patients (19.2%), were seropositive. seropositive patients were not significantly...

objective(s):the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between insulin resistance (ir) and leptin (lep) gene polymorphisms in peritoneal dialysis (pd) patients. materials and methods: from july 1, 2011 to august 1, 2011, patients who received chronic pd were chosen and divided into three groups (dm, high homr-ir, and low homr-ir). two pcr products of lep were sequenced and aligne...