this study was undertaken to define the prevalence of the upper gastrointestinal (gi) lesions, dyspeptic symptoms, h.pylori infection, and the impact of duration of dialysis on upper gi symptoms and lesions of children with end-stage renal disease. we studied 69 children with esrd who were under regular hemodialysis therapy in our department. the age of the patients were between 4-18 years (mea...

background: renal failure is an important adverse effect of drug poisoning. determining the prevalence and etiology of this serious side effect could help us find appropriate strategies for the prevention of renal failure in most affected patients. objectives: the present study is aimed to identify drugs that induce renal failure and also to find the prevalence of renal failure in patients refe...

one of the complications of end-stage renal disease (esrd) is sensorineural hearing loss (snhl). despite large number of studies on adults esrd patients, there are only a few reported surveys regarding snhl in children. to determine the prevalence of snhl in children with esrd and its relationship with sex of patients, presence of hypertension, history of ototoxic drugs administration and durat...

background :hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease particularly in patients with end stage renal disease (esrd). vitamin b12 supplementation on its own still remains as a controversial issue for clinicians in decreasing the level of homcysteine in this group of patients.   methods : using all randomized controlled trials (rcts), clinical trials and pre-post-trial studi...

introduction: chronic renal disease (c.r.d) is a pathophysiological process due to progressive and irreversible decrease in number and function of nephrons in the kidney. anemia is one of the most important complications in crd patients. anemia is caused mainly due to diminished production of erythropoietin (epo), which is treated by weekly injection of the epo. l-carnitine added to epo can inc...

background: quality of life (qol) assessment in patients on chronic hemodialysis (hd) or peritoneal dialysis (pd) has rarely been carried out. the aim of this study was to assess the quality of life during hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment in patients referred to teaching hospitals in urmia, iran. methods: all chronic hd and pd patients in taleghani and imam khomeini teaching hospi...

conclusions since family-centered empowerment interventions can determine the training- and treatment-related needs of patients and are low cost and effective, they may help parents promote their children’s self-efficacy and qol. results the mean age of the children was 10.2 and 10.5 years in the intervention and control groups, respectively. the duration of the disease was five years in both g...

the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (ckd), as defined by the nfk-kdoqi (the national kidney foundation kidney disease outcomes quality initiative) guidelines, is a glomerular filtration rate less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 or the presence of microalbuminuria. ckd is increasing worldwide, leading to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. there is general agreement on the importance of an ...