Hepatitis C is one of the commonest chronic viral infections world-wide and has major health‐ care implications. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the estimated prevalence of chronic HCV infection world-wide ranges from 0.1% to more than 12%, equating to approxi‐ mately 170 million chronic carriers and incidence of 3-4 million new cases per year (Carbone et al., 2011). Chronic kidne...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk of renal insufficiency requiring transient or chronic dialysis and its contributing factors in patients diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) between 1981 and 2000 in Finland. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study using hospital discharge registers with a review of hospital case reports. Data were complemented with files from the Finnish Regi...

life expectancy continues to increase, and those 65 years and older appear to be the greatest beneficiaries of this increased life expectancy, with growth in this group predicted to nearly double by 2030.1 Treating this growing elderly population presents many challenges. For example, the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people ≥65 years old more than doubled from 2000 to 2008, and ...

Disasters result in a substantial number of renal challenges, either by the creation of crush injury in victims trapped in collapsed buildings or by the destruction of existing dialysis facilities, leaving chronic dialysis patients without access to their dialysis units, medications, or medical care. Over the past two decades, lessons have been learned from the response to a number of major nat...

Introduction: Chronic renal disease compromises of several renal involvements and several causative risk factors such as debates mellitus, hypertension, and old age. Ocular involvement seems to be related to chronic renal failure and hemodialysis as indicated by different studies. The aim of this study was the evaluation of prevalence of ocular manifestation in hemodialysis patients of Hamadan ...

Summary Chronic renal failure (CRF) syndrome significantly alters patients’ quality of life. Anaemia, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases are common complications CRF. The study aimed to determine the incidence arterial hypertension (AH), anaemia, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in patients with CRF analyze relationship between them. included 212 CRF, treated at Clinic Nephrology Dialy...

peritoneal dialysis is an established form of renal replacement therapy used in many patients with end-stage renal disease. the key to a successful chronic peritoneal dialysis is a permanent and safe access to the peritoneal cavity. this study was conducted in order to evaluate the catheter survival and its related factors in imam khomeini hospital. a total of 80 catheters were inserted into 69...

Introduction: The most important consequence of nephrogenic disease is the chronic renal failure and unfortunately, there is no significant program to improve the life quality of these patients. Although they need mental support as well as physical rehabilitation but all current endeavors focused on increasing their physical ability not the mental aspect. The aim of this study was to evaluat...

BACKGROUND Central venous catheters (CVCs) are associated with early mortality in dialysis patients. However, some patients progress to end stage renal disease after an acute illness, prior to reaching an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at which one would expect to establish alternative access (fistula/peritoneal dialysis catheter). The purpose of this study was to determine if excl...