the role of education in improving quality of life of patients with chronic renal failure has been emphasized by many studies. this survey was performed to assess the effect of a confined program of home-care on the health status of patients who were receiving hemodialysis. in this research, 37 patients afflicted by chronic renal insufficiency were chosen and put into two categories randomly, 1...

The intestinal absorption of calcium is often depressed in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Furthermore, the malabsorption of calcium and the osteodystrophy which occur in association with chronic renal disease are often "resistant" to vitamin D; the basis for this resistance remains uncertain however. Recent studies by others have emphasized the role of an abnormality in the metaboli...

BACKGROUND Antiretrovirals (ARVs) could lead to clinically significant nephrotoxicity and as such will require dose adjustments in the presence of renal insufficiency. OBJECTIVE To explore renal function estimating equations as alternatives for glomerular filtration rate (GFR) measurement in a stable cohort of HIV-infected patients. METHOD In estimating renal insufficiency in Ghanaian HIV-i...

Taken as a whole, growth disorders attributed to various causes: (1) Lack o material, especially proteins; (2) distui neuro-hormonal regulation; (3) disorders bolism, e.g., in absorption in the intesti portation, assimilation or excretion; response of the end-organs, i.e., bone a plasm in general. In this complex syster functions the kidney plays a prominent pa it is not only the organ of elimi...

Taken as a whole, growth disorders attributed to various causes: (1) Lack o material, especially proteins; (2) distui neuro-hormonal regulation; (3) disorders bolism, e.g., in absorption in the intesti portation, assimilation or excretion; response of the end-organs, i.e., bone a plasm in general. In this complex syster functions the kidney plays a prominent pa it is not only the organ of elimi...

.............................................................................................. 8 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................... 9 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE........................................................... 11 1 Bone biology.............................................................................................11 1....