background: chemical and microbial quality of water used in hemodialysis play key roles in a number of dialysis-related complications. in order to avoid the complications and to guarantee safety and health of patients therefore, vigorous control of water quality is essential. the objective of present study was to investigate the chemical and bacteriological characteristics of water used in dial...

Background: The role of high levels of parathyroid hormone in the development of anemia either directly or by mediating mechanisms is unclear, and there is a controversy about the pathophysiological role of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the development and intensification of anemia associated with renal disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between anemia and parathy...

background: this cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the cost-effectiveness of three therapeutic methods of long-term hemodialysis, kidney transplant from a living person and kidney transplant from a cadaver utilizing disability adjusted life years (daly) using data from the records of patients referred to afzalipour hospital of kerman in 2012.   methods: this cross-sectional study u...

background& objectives: hepatitis c virus is one of the recently  discovered viruses that tend to  cause chronic liver disease. hepatitis c is one of the most common types of viral  hepatitis, cirrhosis and carcinoma of liver in hemodialysis patients. the most important risk factors of  hepatitis c in dialysis patients are blood transfusion , duration of dialysis and  kidney transplantation .to...

background: chronic renal disease is a health problem in today’s world. in the end-stages of renal disease patients depend upon alternative therapies including dialysis for their survival. however, dialysis causes several stressors on physical, mental and social performance of patients. the present study aimed to review and compare the self-concept in patients undergoing hemodialysis and perito...

BACKGROUND Starting dialysis in an unplanned manner is a frequent situation in a dialysis centre even for patients with a regular nephrology follow-up. For no clear reason, chronic haemodialysis (HD) is more frequently used than peritoneal dialysis for unplanned dialysis patients. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of a dialysis policy dedicated to unplanned dialy...

endocarditis and intracardiac infection have been increased recently especially in dialysis dependent renal failure patients. this is usually intractable infection to broad spectrum antibiotic therapy and in most cases surgical intervention was necessary. we have presented 45 years old man with intracardiac infection at the tip of dialysis catheter that after catheter removal intracardiac infec...