the role of education in improving quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure has been emphasized by many studies. this survey was performed to assess the effect of a confined program of home-care on the health status of patients who were receiving hemodialysis. in this research, 37 patients afflicted by chronic renal insufficiency were chosen and put into two categories randomly, 1...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rate at which children with and without chronic conditions became recipients of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) during a period of economic recession and to evaluate changes in spending and service utilization among children with chronic conditions. METHODS Child recipients of Illinois fee-for-service Medicaid and CHIP from 2007 to 2010 we...

introduction: chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is a relatively uncommon disorder of the salivary gland. because of its clinical similarity to a salivary gland neoplasm, this condition has been known as kuttner tumor and is classified as a tumorlike lesion. case report: this is the first reported case of bilateral kuttner tumor of the submandibular glands in iran. it was initially diagnosed as a ...

conclusions although our patient had ckd stage 4, but his condition has not deteriorated and remained constant and stable for several years only by control of blood pressure and usual treatment which prescribed for patients at this stage case presentation a 78-year-old man presented with stage 4 ckd for 7 years; the glomerular filtration rate (gfr) and creatinine levels remained constant despit...