fasting during the month of ramadan is one of the five pillars of islam. during this month, adult muslims are obligated to refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk. although based on islamic principles patients are exempted from fasting, each year, and many muslim patients express their willingness to observe the fast in ramadan month to respect the cultural customs. there are concern...

BACKGROUND End-stage renal disease patients are characterized by low levels of physical activity, especially during leisure time. However, the recognition of variables associated with patterns of physical activity in this population has been little explored. Thus, the objective was to assess factors associated with levels of physical activity during leisure time among patients on haemodialysis....

There is a significant emerging burden of chronic and end-stage kidney disease in low- and middle-income countries, driven by population ageing and the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Sufferers of end-stage kidney disease require ongoing dialysis or kidney transplantation to survive; however, in many low- and middle-income countries, treatment options are strictly limited or unaffordable. L...

AIM The basic aim of this study was to discover the association of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) with various risk factors. End Stage Renal Failure is the last stage of the chronic renal failure in which kidneys become completely fail to function. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data were collected from the patients of renal diseases from three major hospitals in Peshawar, Pakistan. Odds ratio ana...

Glomerular injury and proteinuria in diabetes (types 1 and 2) and IgA nephropathy is related to the degree of podocyte depletion in humans. For determining the causal relationship between podocyte depletion and glomerulosclerosis, a transgenic rat strain in which the human diphtheria toxin receptor is specifically expressed in podocytes was developed. The rodent homologue does not act as a diph...

OBJECTIVE Risks of end-stage renal disease and premature death in patients with type 1 diabetes have declined over the past decades. Data on the survival of patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) are, however, limited. We investigated whether survival of patients with type 1 diabetes receiving RRT has improved over time and whether improvement can be attributable to progress in dial...

rgan donation and organ allocation remain important issues for patients awaiting transplantation in the United States. The disparity between the number of deceased donors and the number of patients awaiting transplantation continues to widen each year. The number of deceased donors in the United States has remained stagnant at approximately 5,000 donors per year, while the waiting list for orga...

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, ...

Kidney transplantation (KT) is regarded as the most effective therapeutic approach for people with end-stage renal disease. However, a number of reasons - constant increase in incidence diseases contributing to formation and development chronic kidney disease, well continuing shortage donor organs 78-95% patients need transplant do not receive necessary treatment, waiting list stretches several...