AIM This report attempts to illustrate the positive impact on the quality of dialysis water produced over a 16-year period through the progressive optimization of technological procedures. METHODS Fundamental steps included the following: elimination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), periodical controls, introduction of stainless steel and/or polyethylene polymer and substitution of single-pass re...

A recent study indicated that, compared with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), glycated albumin (GA) provides a more accurate assessment of glycemic control in diabetic patients on hemodialysis. However, the suitability of GA for this purpose in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is questionable. We measured blood glucose, GA, HbA1c, serum albumin, protein losses in urine and dialysate, protein catab...

BACKGROUND Intradialytic hypotension may adversely affect the outcome of chronic hemodialysis. Therapeutic albumin has powerful anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. We have recently shown that systematic colloid infusion during hemodialysis sessions improves hemodynamic parameters in most dialysis hypotension-prone patients unresponsive to usual of preventive measures.We postulated th...

Metal binding strategies employing low molecular weight chelators and equilibrium dialysis were used to investigate several unresolved aspects of zinc and copper binding to serum albumin. Direct measurement of histidine binding to bovine serum albumin when the histidine is presented either as a metal-chelate or alone provides no evidence for an albumin-metal-histidine ternary complex. Using pre...

The primary determinants of hepatic uptake of long chain fatty acids have been considered to be the plasma concentrations of fatty acid and albumin, with little or no intrinsic control by the hepatocyte itself. However, recent studies of liver cell suspensions have shown that in immature, adult, castrated, and hormone-treated rats, sex steroids exert striking effects on [(14)C]oleate uptake and...

Purpose: Dialysis is a common treatment used for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), where dialysis filter to remove waste products and excess fluid from the blood. The choice of can significantly impact biochemical parameters undergoing dialysis. This study aimed investigate effect Cuprophane on 100 three consecutive sessions at Ramadi Teaching Hospital in Iraq.Methods: Blood samples w...