BACKGROUND Meeting specific guideline targets is associated with improved survival rates and reduced hospitalizations in the dialysis population. This prospective work evaluated the adequacy of hemodialysis quality indicators in an in-center hemodialysis population with severe comorbidities, and assessed whether clinical practice could impact intermediate outcomes. METHODS All the chronic hem...

CONTEXT Seasonal variation in arterial blood pressure has been reported in studies with hypertensive and normotensive subjects. However, the influence of seasonal change on blood pressure of hemodialysis patients has not been reported. OBJECTIVE To investigate the seasonal variation of blood pressure in Brazil, a tropical country, in patients on hemodialysis. DESIGN Prospective, cohort stud...

We recorded, during four months, the total number of routine clinical chemistry tests requested for patients with end-stage renal failure who were on regular maintenance hemodialysis during the study: 20 in the Renal Dialysis Unit of a British and 20 in a Canadian teaching hospital. The pattern of tests ordered was substantially the same in each unit, but the frequency of testing was not. The t...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significantly affected the provision of medical services. The hemodialysis (HD) facilities together with other faced challenges in safely providing clinical care to patients and staff during pandemic. Objective: To describe our experience COVID-19 pandemic as regard infection, mortality rate, manifestations, illness duration efficacy local inf...

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the trend in the number of patients admitted for maintenance hemodialysis is on the rise. The identification of risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) ensures adequate primary and secondary preventive measures geared at reducing the burden of CKD in low-resource settings. A family history of CKD is an established risk factor for C...

The number of hemodialysis patients and dialysis facilities is increasing each year, but there are no surveillance programs validating that the services and equipment of each hemodialysis unit meet specified safety and quality standards. There is a concern that excessive competition and illegal activities committed by some dialysis facilities may violate patients' right to health. Contrastingly...

background and objectives: workplace violence against female nurses is a significant and increasing problem. this study aimed to investigate workplace violence against female nurses in three general hospitals of ilam located in western iran and identify factors influencing it incidents.   methods: seventy seven nurses were randomly selected and surveyed. the data were collected using an author-d...

Introduction: Depression is a common mental health problem in patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy. However, handling the of depression hospital has not become treatment concern, resulting increasing non-adherence to dialysis patient This study aims determine effect management on score hemodialysis. Method: used pre-experimental designs with One Group Pretest-Posttest. The was conducted at ...

Chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients are vulnerable to infections, including infections by methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) because they are repeatedly exposed to the hospital environment and often receive prolonged courses of antibiotics, besides being immunocompromised1. Nasal carriage of MRS in hospital personnel also adds to the colonization pressure in healthcare facilities, acting...

OBJECTIVE To assess the bacteriological quality of dialysis fluid in 2 hemodialysis units in Alexandria, Egypt. METHODS A total of 321 samples of hemodialysis fluids, 213 from unit A (a governmental unit), 108 from unit B (a private unit), both under the supervision of ministry of health, were collected from the water treatment system (WTS), treated water, concentrates, and final dialysate fr...