INTRODUTION One of the most common methods to control chronic renal failure, Hemodialysis creates numerous changes in the style and the quality of life in patients. Educating patients is one of effective factors to improve the quality of life. The present study aims to investigate influences of self-care education by face-to-face method on determining quality of life in hemodialysis patients in...

Background: Hemodialysis is a treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that is an underlying factor of cognitive impairment in patients. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of cognitive impairment and its associated factors in patients undergoing hemodialysis using Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carri...

BACKGROUND Patients in control of their own haemodialysis report better outcomes than those receiving professional controlled care in a hospital setting, even though home and hospital haemodialysis are largely equivalent from mechanical and physiological perspectives. Shared Haemodialysis Care (SHC) describes an initiative in which hospital haemodialysis patients are supported by dialysis staff...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CC, callosum corpus; MERS, mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible isolated splenium callosum corpus lesion; LHECC, hypodense lesion in the splenius of the corpus callosum; BBB, blood-brain barrier; NU, neurology ́s unit; ED, emergency department; CT, computer tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; HD, hemodialysis ; E...

effect of self management programs on dietary adherence and interdialytic weight gain in patients undergoing hemodialysis.    baljani es [1] *, habibzadeh h [2] , rahimi j [3] , azimpour a [4] , salimi s [5]     received: 1 mar, 2013 accepted: 21 apr, 2013  abstract  background & aims : poor adherence to dietary among dialysis patients is a common and serious problem among patients. despite of ...