An ever-increasing number of patients have to undergo regular renal dialysis to compensate for acute or chronic renal failure. The adequacy of the treatment has a profound effect on patients' morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it is necessary to assess the delivered dialysis dose. For the quantification of the dialysis dose, two parameters are most commonly used, namely the K(t)/V value (norma...

Hemodialysis membranes have undergone a gradual but substantial evolution over the past few decades. Classification of modern dialyzer membranes by chemical composition bears little relationship to their functional characteristics. The fundamental properties that determine the capacity of the membrane to remove solutes and fluids are its surface area, thickness, pore size, pore density, and pot...

Two indices of small-solute clearance, Kt/V urea and creatinine clearance, are widely used as markers of peritoneal dialysis (PD) adequacy. It has become clear, however, that increasing the small-solute clearance above a minimum level does not result in improved long-term PD outcomes. Several other factors may affect optimal dialysis outcome. These include, but are not limited to, ultrafiltrati...

BACKGROUND AND AIM The nutritive status has significant role in improving the quality of life of dialysis' patients. The aim of this study was to find out if there is any correlation of the anthropometric parameters and markers of nutrition with the adequacy of HD. METHODS The investigation was organized as a clinical, cross sectional study. Demographic characteristics, co-morbid conditions, ...

Differences in dialyzer design may have consequences for patient outcomes. We evaluated the comparative effectiveness of commonly used dialyzers with respect to measures of dialysis treatment, anemia management, inflammation, and dialyzer clotting. Patients receiving hemodialysis between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2013, and using polyarylethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone (PAS-PVP; Polyfl...

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions with amino acids (AAs) were developed as an alternative to glucose-based PD solutions for chronic renal failure. Although AA solution has many theoretical advantages, the results reported in the literature are still not convincing. Treatment of ARF is a complex problem. To tackle it, we investigated a PD solution based on a mixture of Nutrineal (Baxter Healthc...

INTRODUCTION Many factors have been proposed to be associated with higher mortality in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). However, the relative importance of these factors may differ among patients with different characteristics. We evaluated survival of patients on CAPD and its influencing factors in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 282 patients on CAPD betw...