Background: Hemodialysis procedures is considered as a supportive management for kidney failure. Nurses play major role in hemodialysis procedures, because most of the complications facing patients during dialysis hypotension, cramped muscles, and weak pulse, need nurses with knowledge practical experience. The current study aimed to assess nurses’ practice about procedures. Methods: This cross...

background: chronic kidney disease is a health problem in today’s world and hemodialysis is an alternative method for patients with chronic renal failure. preparing provincial and national information on the situation of patients can play a significant role in improving the quality of services provided to patients undergoing hemodialysis. objective: this study aimed to investigate the character...

Introduction. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Several studies demonstrated nosocomial transmission of HCV among HD patients. Aim. We aimed to evaluate the isolation program of HCV seropositive patients among a group of Egyptian haemodialysis patients to decrease the incidence of HCV seroconversion. Methods. One h...

Background: Chronic kidney disease is a health problem in today’s world and hemodialysis is an alternative method for patients with chronic renal failure. Preparing provincial and national information on the situation of patients can play a significant role in improving the quality of services provided to patients undergoing hemodialysis. Objective: This ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important issue in hemodialysis. Risk factors and local prevalence varies between different regions. The current study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of HBV infection and its associated risk factors among hemodialysis patients from five hemodialysis centers in Tabriz, a Northwestern Iranian city. Hepatitis B serologic markers were evaluated in...

"Available data are suggesting that insertion of the hemodialysis needles in exactly the same spot for consecutive dialyses (the "buttonhole method) may be associated with fewer complications as compared with using different needle insertion sites for each dialysis. The buttonhole method is becoming popular among home hemodialvsis patients. This paper will describe the origin of the method, ear...

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...