'die presence anil significance of hepatitis c virus infection among patients with chronic renal failure (crf) on hemodialysis and renal transplant recipient were evaluated a pcrioil of 30 months. a total of 125 patients, comprising 25 recieving chronic hemodialysis, 47 renal transplant candidates and 5.1 renal transplant recipients, were studied with a second generation immunoassay (elisa ii)....

the excessive amounts of parathyroid hormone in secondary hyperparathyroidism (shpth) is suggested to interfere with normal erythropoiesis.  in shpth, during chronic renal failure, due to the impairment of erythropoietin synthesis, this effect is more pronounced.  in the present study the role of secondary hyperparathyroidism in the severity of anemia was evaluated in hemodialysis patients (n=3...

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...

Hemodialysis-induced hypotension is still a severe complication in spite of all the progress in hemodialysis treatment. Because of its multifactor causes, hemodialysis-induced hypotension cannot be reliably prevented by conventional ultrafiltration and sodium profiling in open-loop systems, as they are unable to adapt themselves to actual decreases in blood pressure. Therefore, it is the ultima...

background chronic kidney disease related mineral and bone disease (ckd-mbd) is a worldwide challenge in hemodialysis patients. in senegal, number of dialysis patients is growing but few data are available about their bone disorders. objectives to describe patterns of ckd-mbd in senegalese dialysis patients. patients and methods we performed a cross-sectional study including patients from three...

conclusions three medical barriers (poor appetite, depression and difficulty chewing), one behavioral barrier (poor total nutrition, protein, and potassium knowledge), and one socioeconomic barrier (needing help for shopping and cooking) were independently associated with nutritional markers. results patients with higher sga had lower knowledge about general nutrition [odds ratio (or), 1.3], po...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Infections are common complications among patients on chronic hemodialysis. This population-based cohort study aims to estimate risk and case fatality of bloodstream infection among chronic hemodialysis patients. METHODS In this population-based cohort study we identified residents with end-stage renal disease in Central and North Jutland, Denmark who had hemodialysi...

Problem statement: In situations of immunodeficiency, Toxoplasma gondii emerges as a life-threatening infection. Toxoplasma gondii is transmitted parenterally, flourish in immunocompromised subjects and, most toxoplasma infections are asymptomatic. Studies have shown that there is a immunodeficiency in renal failure patient such as hemodialysis patients and these patients have a high risk for m...

PURPOSE To evaluate alanine aminotransferase levels before and after a hemodialysis session and to correlate these values with the hematocrit rate and weight loss during hemodialysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS The serum alanine aminotransferase levels, hematocrit rate and body weight were measured and correlated before and after a single hemodialysis session for 146 patients with chronic renal fai...

Biofilms have been observed in the fluid pathways of hemodialysis machines. The impacts of four biocides used for the disinfection of hemodialysis systems were tested against Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto and Candida orthopsilosis biofilms generated by isolates obtained from a hydraulic circuit that were collected in a hemodialysis unit. Acetic acid was shown to be the most effective agent...