introduction: worldwide, hepatitis a is a common infection during childhood especially in developing countries. it can cause severe complications in immunocompromised patients, including kidney transplants patients and chronic liver disease. due to the increasing number of kidney transplants in the country and epidemiologic shift of hav which was observed in previous studies, we're going to rev...

conclusions the iranian version of the dsi had good psychometric properties and can be used to assess symptoms of hemodialysis patients. results the mean age of patients was 50.4 (sd = 15.72) years and % 61.1 of patients were male. the most commonly reported symptoms were fatigue, being irritable and nervous. divergent validity was mostly supported by the pattern of association between dsi and ...

solving the dilemma of the organ shortage in malaysia requires educating malaysians about organ donation and transplantation. this paper aims at exploring the average malaysian households ' preferred channels of campaigns and the preferred campaigners in a family setting, targeting at the dialysis family members.we analyzed the responses of 350 respondents regarding organ donation campaigns. th...

background: multidimensional fatigue syndrome (mfs) is referred to as extreme inability accompanied by decline in physical functional capacity and impairment of intellectual function, such as loss of concentration. elderly people are more prone to mfs comparing to other age groups. it is expected that adequacy of dialysis affect the process of mfs among patients under dialysis. the purpose of t...

background: chronic renal failure and dialysis causes symptoms which can affect the patient's quality of sleep and quality of life. therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between sleep qualities, and quality of life in hemodialysis patients in the chaharmahal and bakhtiari province. methods: this was a descriptive-analytical study. the study population consisted of the dialys...

Background: Dialysis adequacy is one of the determining factors for survival in elderly patients. Improving the dialysis adequacy highly affects the remission and prognosis of old dialysis patients. Current study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Jacobson relaxation technique on dialysis adequacy in elderly people, who are under dialysis treatment. Methods: ods: This is a clinical trial...

as the world’s population continues to age, practitioners encounter increasing numbers of older patients with end-stage renal disease (esrd) who require renal replacement therapy (rrt). conservative management may be considered in older patients and has been shown to offer comparable survival rates and hospital-free days to rrt patients. at present, for those who choose rrt, hemodialysis is the...

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...