Background: The risk of developing tuberculosis is high among chronic hemodialysis patients. The tuberculin skin test (TST) has been in use for diagnosing latent TB, but few data are available on TST in hemodialysis patients. Objective: This study was done to identify the TST reactivity and frequency of booster effect in serial TST among hemodialysis patients. Methods: A total of 100 patients i...

Acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) accompanied by an abscess is a rare clinical case. Hemodialysis patients are at risk for infections. Sepsis mortality was from 100 to 300 times higher for chronic dialysis patients than that for the general public. Thus, special care should be taken against infection in patients under hemodialysis.

Patients with acute kidney failure (AKF) and chronic kidney failure (CKF) require an appropriate vascular access for hemodialysis [1]. Vascular access is needed to allow blood flow through an extracorporeal circulation system with a blood pump connected to a hemodialysis monitor driving the blood through a dialysis filter (dialysator). Satisfactory levels of blood flow range between 300 and 400...

Aims: Hemodialysis uses a semi-permeable membrane and electrochemical gradient to balance fluid essential nutrient levels in the body. The kidneys perform this function healthy individuals. study aims analyze biochemical parameters of patients undergoing hemodialysis.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
 Place Duration Study: enrolled 130 with chronic renal failure hemodialysis King...

BACKGROUND Intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN), with or without exercise, has been shown to reverse the net negative whole-body and forearm muscle protein balances observed during hemodialysis. Pharmacologic doses of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) constitute another potential anabolic therapy in chronic hemodialysis patients. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to examine the potential addi...

Department of Renal Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Renal and Diabetes Department, St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK, Department of Renal Technology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, Renal Dialysis Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK, Renal Department, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK, Institute for Cell and Molecula...

Bisphenol A (BPA), a component of some dialysis membranes, accumulates in CKD. Observational studies have linked BPA exposure to kidney and cardiovascular injury in humans, and animal studies have described a causative link. Normal kidneys rapidly excrete BPA, but insufficient excretion may sensitize patients with CKD to adverse the effects of BPA. Using a crossover design, we studied the effec...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in endstage renal failure. Prognostic role of echocardiography has not been fully elucidated in chronic hemodialysis patients. AIM To assess the ability of Doppler echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function along with conventional echocardiographic indices to predict long-term adverse major event...

introduction: one of the main complications of hemodialysis in patients with chronic renal failure is hypoxemia which is related to several factors including the type of filter. the aim of this study was to evaluate the hypoxemia levels in patients undergoing hemodialysis with focus on the type of filter. methods: in a crossover clinical trial, 29 patients from emodialysis ward of fatemieh hosp...