background: hemodialysis is a life-saving process used as a treatment for many patients sufferimg from renal failure. because of the large amount of water used in this process, contamination of hemodialysis water with microbial and harmful chemical pollutants is possible. therefore, considering standards of dialysis water is critical. the aim of this study was to investigate the microbiological...

Plasma porphyrin levels are markedly increased in patients with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) associated with end-stage renal disease. Conventional hemodialysis (CHD) with lower blood flow rates (less than 250 mL/min) and cuprophan or cellulose acetate membranes is ineffective in removing significant amounts of porphyrins in this condition. Changes in plasma porphyrin levels and porphyrin clear...

The retention of a number of solutes that may cause adverse biochemical/biological effects, called uremic toxins, characterizes uremic syndrome. Uremia therapy is based on renal replacement therapy, hemodialysis being the most commonly used modality. The membrane contained in the hemodialyzer represents the ultimate determinant of the success and quality of hemodialysis therapy. Membrane's perf...

BACKGROUND Monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath shows great potential as a non-invasive method for assessing hemodialysis efficiency. In this work we aim at identifying and quantifying of a wide range of VOCs characterizing uremic breath and blood, with a particular focus on species responding to the dialysis treatment. METHODS Gas chromatography with mass spectro...

BACKGROUND Kidney Failure is epidemic in many remote communities in Canada. In-centre hemodialysis is provided within these settings in satellite hemodialysis units. The key cost drivers of this program have not been fully described. Such information is important in informing the design of programs aimed at optimizing efficiency in providing dialysis and preventative chronic kidney disease care...

To study the Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis (SLED) in treatment of end-stage renal disease with refractory heart failure and clinical curative effect hypertension. choose department Nephrology, third People's Hospital Gansu Province 54 cases failure. The patients intractable hypertension were randomly divided into control group observation group, 27 each group. was treated Intermittent HemoD...

BACKGROUND Equitable distribution of health system resources has been a serious challenge for long ago among the health policy makers. Conducted studies have mostly ever had emphasis on equality rather than equity. In this paper we have attempted to examine both equality and equity in resources distribution. METHOD This is an applied and descriptive study in which we plotted Lorenz and concen...

In case of inadequacy, hemodialysis, as one of the most common treatments for chronic renal failure, increases the blood toxins, complications, hospital stay, costs, and death. High-Flux filters can be effective in increasing hemodialysis adequacy if the patients tolerate and do not display complications. Therefore, this article aimed to study the efficiency of these dialyzers in increasing the...