BACKGROUND Irisin is a recently discovered myokine thought to be involved in multiple metabolism abnormalities in most dialysis patients. However, the myokine has not been thoroughly studied in peritoneal dialysis. This study aimed to evaluate serum irisin levels and establish their relation to dialysis adequacy, insulin resistance, and bone metabolism status in patients on peritoneal dialysis....

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...

Hyperprolactinemia is a common endocrinal alteration in chronic renal failure, Several investigators examined the serum concentration of prolactin in patients with chronic renal failure and found it to be elevated. The aim of the study: is to evaluate the relation between adequacy of dialysis and levels of serum Prolactin in long term hemodialysis patients, in order to clarify if adequate dialy...

BACKGROUND Carbamylation is an irreversible process of non-enzymatic modification of proteins by the breakdown products of urea. For haemoglobin (Hb), the extent of carbamylation is a marker of urea exposure and has been proposed as an indicator of the control of uraemia by dialysis, analogous to the use of Hb glycosylation in diabetic patients. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study of...

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