introduction: worldwide, hepatitis a is a common infection during childhood especially in developing countries. it can cause severe complications in immunocompromised patients, including kidney transplants patients and chronic liver disease. due to the increasing number of kidney transplants in the country and epidemiologic shift of hav which was observed in previous studies, we're going to rev...

BACKGROUND Despite the many advantages it offers, the percentage of dialysis patients that receive home dialysis [peritoneal dialysis (PD) or home haemodialysis (HHD)] in the Netherlands has declined over the last decade. Pre-dialysis education could stimulate the use of home dialysis. This article presents the results of the pre-dialysis programme GUIDE, with regard to the following question: ...

introduction: renal failure affects the mechanical and the ventilatory function of the lungs. a few studies have evaluated the ventilatory and pulmonary function in dialysis patients. the present study aimed to compare pulmonary function test (pft) results in patients undergoing hemodialysis (hd) and peritoneal dialysis (pd). materials and methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study on 50  pa...

BACKGROUND Starting dialysis in an unplanned manner is a frequent situation in a dialysis centre even for patients with a regular nephrology follow-up. For no clear reason, chronic haemodialysis (HD) is more frequently used than peritoneal dialysis for unplanned dialysis patients. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of a dialysis policy dedicated to unplanned dialy...

T HE RECENT CASE OF Terri Schiavo has reignited a public dispute about certain aspects of the care of patients who are severely cognitively impaired, including those inapersistent vegetative state. Schiavo’s parents repeatedly pointed out that her abilitytoswallowwasnevertestedand believed that it was possible for her to be safely hand-fed. They also unsuccessfully petitioned the courts to bepe...

background: chronic renal failure and dialysis causes symptoms which can affect the patient's quality of sleep and quality of life. therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between sleep qualities, and quality of life in hemodialysis patients in the chaharmahal and bakhtiari province. methods: this was a descriptive-analytical study. the study population consisted of the dialys...

Aluminium determination was carried out in serum and dialysis fluid by a simple and reliable method of nameless atomic absorption with graphite furnace . . No preparatory procedures are required for water and dialysis fluid. In this method serum was mixed with 0.2% HNO, to allow complete combustion of the samples in order to improve analytical precision. The method has a sensitivity of 15 p...

background and aims: end-stage renal disease patients treated by hemodialysis (hd) are more susceptible for infection by viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infections. infection by these viruses is promoted by the characteristic immunological dysfunction that develops in renal failure and interferes with the patient's ability to eliminate these viruses. prevalence of th...