dialysis adequacy with high flux membrane in hemodialysis patients at shahid beheshti hospital, hamedan     oshvandi kh [1] , kavyannejad r [2] , borzuo sr [3] *, gholyaf m [4] , salavati m [5]     received: 4 feb , 2012 accepted: 14 jun , 2012     abstract   background & aims : hemodialysis is the most common treatment for end stage renal disease (esrd). inadequate dialysis is a risk factor fo...

background and objectives: hemodialysis (hd) is one of the therapeutic modalities patients. since inadequate dialysis increases mortality and morbidity of patients, therefore, assessment of dialysis adequacy is clinically important. for this reason, hemodialysis adequacy was determined in patients undergoing maintenance hd at the mostafa khomeini hospital, tehran, iran. materials and methods: t...

BACKGROUND There are many factors that can affect dialysis adequacy; such as the type of vascular access, filter type, device used, and the dose, and rout of erythropoietin stimulation agents (ESA) used. The aim of this study was investigating factors affecting Hemodialysis adequacy in cohort of Iranian patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD). METHODS This is a cross-sectional study condu...

INTRODUCTION Inadequate dialysis accounts for the high mortality in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). In Nepal, due to various factors including financial and logistic limitations, hemodialysis is mostly performed twice-a-week. This study was undertaken to look at adequacy of dialysis in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in Nepal where the patients profile, in terms of di...

BACKGROUND Protein-energy malnutrition is a common problem in hemodialysis patients and has different outcomes such as reduced quality of life, longer hospitalization time, lower dialysis adequacy, and higher mortality rate. Investigation of dialysis adequacy is an important method for assessing hemodialysis patients, and improving the dialysis adequacy is an important healthcare team goal. O...