background: phenobarbital poisoning is common in vietnam. the aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (cvvh) and hemodialysis (hd) on clinical outcomes in the treatment of severe acute phenobarbital poisoning. methods: this was a retrospective observational historically controlled study. 42 patients with severe phenobarbital poisoning were enr...

occult hbv infection of hemodialysis (hd) patients is informative in terms of virus transmission. it may be of clinical importance in hd patients. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of anti-hbc in the hd patients. number of 126 patients undergoing hemodialysis were included in this study from main hemodialysis units in yazd. hepatitis b surface antigens (hbsag), hepatitis b...

Introduction: The use of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a bacterial diagnostic marker is controversial in patients on hemodialysis (HD). Infections account for considerable morbidity and mortality in patients on HD. Hence, early diagnosis of bacterial infections is important to make a prognostic assessment of its severity. If PCT can be used as a primary marker for bacterial infections in patients on H...

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...

serum erythropoietin (epo) concentration was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in 31 cases of chronic renal failure (crf), including 20 hemodialysis (hd) patients, and compared with that of 31 healthy normal controls. each patient served as a self-control comparing his or her pretreatment level with post-treatment values. there was a significant negative correlation betwe...

PURPOSE Hemodialysis (HD) is considered the most common alternative for overcoming renal failure. Studies have shown the involvement of HD membrane in the genesis of oxidative stress (OS) which has a direct impact on the brain tissue and is expected to be involved in brain plasticity and also reorganization of brain function control. The goal of this paper was to demonstrate the sensitivity of ...

BACKGROUND There is currently limited literature regarding the use of hemodialysis after acute pediatric and adolescent poisoning. OBJECTIVE We sought to characterize the use of hemodialysis (HD) and other extracorporeal removal techniques (ECR) in the treatment of acutely poisoned children and adolescents reported to a state poison control system over a 10-year period. METHODS After instit...