Bardet-Biedl syndrome is rare. Although its diagnosis depends on cardinal clinical manifestations which appear in childhood, we report four cases of Bardet-Biedl syndrome lately diagnosed in a dialysis center. Three cases were diagnosed in end-stage renal disease patients when they started maintenance hemodialysis, and one case was diagnosed through screening among hemodialysis patients' relati...

INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. We investigated the pattern and correlates of cardiac lesions in a group of Cameroonians on chronic hemodialysis. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the Yaoundé General Hospital's hemodialysis unit, involving 45 patients (29 men, 64%) on maintenance h...

The primary aim of this chapter is to understand the importance of placement and maintenance of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in the patients with advanced renal failure prior to the need for dialysis. Vascular access complications contribute significantly to the morbidity and mortality associated with end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. The major concern this publication will addre...

Evidence suggests that patients receiving intermittent maintenance hemodialysis treatments experience higher mortality the day after the long 2-day interdialytic gap. A new study confirms higher mortality and reports increased hospitalization immediately after the long interdialytic interval among incident hemodialysis patients in the United Kingdom. Larger fluid accumulation followed by excess...

UNLABELLED Introduction. Patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis (HD) undergo many dermatological signs and symptoms during treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of skin manifestations among the patients on maintenance HD in the HD center of Boo Ali-Sina Hospital (Qazvin, Iran) and compare them with the general population. METHODS From June 2012...

A cross sectional study was conducted to assess quality of life (QoL) in patients on maintenance hemodialysis at our centre. QoL was assessed using SF36 questionnairre. Patients who completed 6 months of hemodialysis were included in the study. Various predictors of total score, physical score and mental score were analysed. Secondary outcomes like number of hospitalizations and deaths were als...

INTRODUCTION The aims of this study was to evaluate maintenance hemodialysis population in a tertiary care hospital based dialysis unit for vascular access (VA) types, to compare native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and arteriovenous graft (AVG) survival, and to assess risk factors for access failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 182 patients on maintenance hemodialysis were evaluated and f...

OBJECTIVE The optimal target for glycemic control has not been established in diabetic dialysis patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS To address this question, the national database of a large dialysis organization (DaVita) was analyzed via time-dependent survival models with repeated measures. RESULTS Of 82,933 patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) in DaVita outpatient clinics...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis requires reliable recurrent access to the circulation. On a chronic basis, this has been best provided by the use of arteriovenous fistulae and arteriovenous grafts. In recent years, hemodialysis catheters have come to play an increasingly important role in the delivery of hemodialysis. The use of both temporary as well as cuffed hemodialysis catheters has emerged as a s...

BACKGROUND We conducted this study to determine the erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity level in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) and to determine the effect of hemodialysis adequacy on G6PD activity levels and its impact on anemia. METHODS Eighty-two patients (48 men and 34 women) receiving regular hemodialysis for ESRD t...