The prevalence of cognitive impairment is extremely high in dialysis patients, and it has been hypothesized that low urea clearance an impact on impairment. However, several other studies conducted the era high-flux have not shown association between lower Kt/V poorer function. Therefore, directly examine relationship adequacy function hemodialysis patients are essential. present study aimed to...

OBJECTIVE We sought to measure the prevalence of inadequate glycemic control in prevalent hemodialysis patients with diabetes and to examine independent predictors of inadequate glycemic control in these patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional study of prevalent hemodialysis patients with diabetes in southeastern Ontario (n = 100). Data were collected by chart review a...

Background: Patients with end stage renal disease have higher incidence of infection dis-eases that is thought to be related to impaired immune system. Objective: To determine the antitetanus IgG antibody level in Iranian hemodialysis patients with end stage renal disease and to find its association with sex, age, blood hemoglobin, serum albumin, dura-tion of dialysis, time of dialysis per week...

It is generally assumed that hemodialysis adequacy is only minimally affected by increasing the dialysate flow rate (Qd). Recent in vitro studies showed that dialyzer urea clearance (Kd(urea)) may increase substantially more than expected in response to an increase in Qd. Because these studies implied that dialysis efficacy may benefit from greater Qds, we studied in vivo the effects of various...

Defining adequacy of dialysis remains an elusive goal. The application of the Kt/Vurea concept to clinical dialysis was a major improvement in trying to define a dialysis dose. Intuitively, the Kt/V concept makes a great deal of sense: the urea clearance of the dialyzer during dialysis (K), multiplied by the time (t) of dialysis, divided by the patient's urea distribution volume (V) ought to gi...

The excessive amounts of parathyroid hormone in secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPTH) is suggested to interfere with normal erythropoiesis. In SHPTH, during chronic renal failure, due to the impairment of erythropoietin synthesis, this effect is more pronounced. In the present study the role of secondary hyperparathyroidism in the severity of anemia was evaluated in hemodialysis patients (n=36;...

BACKGROUND Patients with end stage renal disease have higher incidence of infection diseases that is thought to be related to impaired immune system. OBJECTIVE To determine the antitetanus IgG antibody level in Iranian hemodialysis patients with end stage renal disease and to find its association with sex, age, blood hemoglobin, serum albumin, duration of dialysis, time of dialysis per week, ...