BACKGROUND Intravenous iron and erythropoietin are commonly used for the treatment of anemia in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Even though i.v. iron is proven to be very effective, there is great concern regarding its possible toxic effects. The aim of our study was to evaluate the possible correlation between iron administration and the incidence of angina pectoris in hemodialysis pa...

background the invention of central venous catheters (cvc) for hemodialysis (hd), brought about a fundamental change in the treatment of patients who needed hd, from the late 1970’s till the present time. nowadays the use of cvc is a common medical procedure. increasing use of these methods necessitates clarification of the exact nature of the effects, and potential complications for surgeons. ...

conclusions the administration of curcumin in patients undergoing dialysis had no positive effects on enhancing lvef and lv function. further research is required to shed sufficient light on this issue. results the mean age was 44.2 ± 13.4 years for the curcumin group and 45.4 ± 6.2 years for the placebo group. the study population comprised 22 male and 13 female patients. there were no signifi...

conclusions in this study, topical application of sweet almond oil, which was not followed by any specific complications, was able to significantly reduce the uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients; however, these findings require further studies. methods this study is a randomized clinical trial research. the study population consisted of patients referred in 2013 to the hd ward of shahid be...

conclusions the most important factor in diagnosis is physician’s attention and clinical experience with this condition and using irlssg. results two major theories are developed regarding the pathophysiology of rls. the first one concerns central nervous system dopamine imbalance and the second one concerns intracellular iron dysregulation. the most common used pharmacologic agents in treatmen...

OBJECTIVE Transmyocardial Laserrevascularization (TMLR) is a treatment for end-stage coronary artery disease, that is not eligible for surgery or PTCA. The experience with TMLR using the Holium YAG laser is presented. METHODS Transmyocardial Laserrevascularization (TMLR) was performed in 28 patients with end stage coronary artery disease, using a new Holium YAG Laser. All patients were refrac...

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the general population. The definition of end-stage glaucoma may be based on a very constricted visual field, or a markedly severed visual acuity (Gillies& Brooks et al., 2000). Many factors have been postulated to put the patient at a high risk. Achieving an individually fashioned target IOP is supposed to minimize the risk of glaucoma progr...

OBJECTIVE Chronic kidney disease (CKD) predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population. We investigated the effects of stages of renal function using the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular end points in a prospective cohort of Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Between 1995 and 2000, 4,421 patients w...

Structure elucidation of a specific fluorophore from the aging extracellular matrix revealed the presence of a protein crosslink formed through nonenzymatic glycosylation of lysine and arginine residues. The unexpected finding that a pentose instead of a hexose is involved in the crosslinking process suggested that the crosslink, named pentosidine, might provide insight into abnormalities of pe...