BACKGROUND Endothelial injury is a well-known complication in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hemodialysis. One of the sites in which early vascular changes may be detected is the retina. Of course, these flow changes may not be detected in ophthalmologic exams, but it seems that color Doppler sonography of retinal arteries may be helpful in these cases. OBJECTIVES In previous studies on CKD...

Hepcidin is a key protein of iron metabolism, which may play an important role in the prognosis of patients with chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the prognosis of maintenance hemodialysis patients and serum hepcidin level. We enrolled 60 patients on maintenance hemodialysis and 30 healthy controls from March...

Continuous Hemofiltration in the Perioperative Management for Chronic Hemodialysis Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Shigeyuki Makino, Takane Hiraiwa, Toshihiko Kinoshita and Hideki Fujii (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Aichi, Japan) Coronary artery bypass surgery was performed in 7 chronic hemodialysis patients. Hemodialysis and extracorporeal ultrafiltra...

background blood born viral infections such as hepatitis b virus (hbv) are major concerns in chronic hemodialysis (chd) patients and hemodialysis units. undetected hbs ag in the presence of viral dna, occult hbv infection (obi), is a concern in the care of chd patients and hemodialysis unit as a mode of transmission. objectives in this case-control study we compare the frequency of obi in the c...

AIM To obtain a causal relationship between changes in plasma sodium levels and increased extracellular fluid volume between post-hemodialysis and pre-hemodialysis on the following day or plasma sodium serves as a predictor of extracellular fluid volume. METHODS The study was conducted on 40 subjects randomly selected from the 247 chronic hemodialysis patients in Hemodialysis Unit of Nephrolo...

INTRODUCTION Nowadays, the chronic diseases are known to be associated with lifestyle risk factors. Hemodialysis patients encounter considerable amount of physical, mental and social pressure. Lifestyle is important because it affects quality of life and has important role in prevention. This study aimed to compare the lifestyle of hemodialysis patients and outpatients in health clinics of Tabr...

The levels of carbonic anhydrase I and II isozymes in human erythrocytes were determined using the single radial immunodiffusion method in 53 patients (29 males, 24 females) under chronic hemodialysis, and zinc concentration in erythrocytes were also determined. Both carbonic anhydrase. I and II levels and zinc concentration in erythrocytes were observed to be significantly increased in chronic...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is more than a chronic disease. CKD is a "unique" chronic disease. To sustain life on hemodialysis, an individual must become an expert self-manager while coping with the numerous stressors related to both the treatment regimen and to the chronic disease itself This article addresses and discusses those unique stressors and challenges related to the diagnosis of CKD...

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) dysfunction is one of the common obstacles in performing hemodialysis treatment. Acute and chronic thrombosis fistula, stenosis, hematomas are major causes dysfunction. Here, we present an unexpected complication midodrine use which caused AVF a female patient who was suffering from hemodialysis-related hypotension.