please cite this article as : bakhtiari m, falaknazi k, lotfi m, noori m, naseri saleh abad a. the relationship between personality traits, anxiety and depression, in life quality of patients under treatment by hemodialysis [hd]. novel biomed 2013;1:1-7. background: the purpose of this study is to examine personality traits in renal patients undergoing haemodialysis (hd) and its connection to d...

BACKGROUND Haemodialysis in Malawi consumes a disproportionate amount of the national health budget, costing approximately $20,000 per patient per year. Adjunctive therapeutic agents for end stage kidney disease and laboratory services to measure standard dialysis outcomes are not routinely available. Therefore, alternative outcome measures of the efficacy of haemodialysis in Malawi are require...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis viruses have become one of the main infectious problems in patients on maintenance haemodialysis. The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the incidence of de novo hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a haemodialysis unit and to identify factors currently involved in HCV transmission to haemodialysis patients. METHODS One hundred and fourteen anti-HCV negati...

BACKGROUND Certain metabolic disorders, such as hyperphosphatemia induce vascular calcification in haemodialysis patients; it is unclear, however, whether these disorders contribute to aortic calcification in diabetic haemodialysis patients. This study examined the risk factors of aortic calcification in a large number of haemodialysis patients, and compared risk factors between diabetic and no...

Pituitary protein 7B2, is a highly conserved molecule, located in the gonadotrophs and released by luteinising hormone releasing hormone (LHRH), in vitro and in vivo. 7B2-immunoreactivity (7B2-IR) was estimated in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) before and after haemodialysis. Twenty patients (twelve male, eight female) aged 18-67 (43.9 + 17.7 [SD]) years with CRF were studied before ...

BACKGROUND Patients under haemodialysis are considered at high risk to acquire hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Since few data are reported from Brazil, our aim was to assess the frequency and risk factors for HBV infection in haemodialysis patients from 22 Dialysis Centres from Santa Catarina State, south of Brazil. METHODS This study includes 813 patients, 149 haemodialysis workers and 77...

THREE PATIENTS WITH LITHIUM TOXICITY ARE REPORTED, TWO OF WHOM WERE EXPOSED TO TOXIC LITHIUM LEVELS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD: both survived with permanent damage to basal ganglia and cerebellar connexions despite effective lowering of lithium levels by haemodialysis. Data obtained during dialysis treatment show prolonged haemodialysis to be the treatment of choice. If facilities for haemodialysis...

Transition onto haemodialysis is a time of increased psychosocial difficulty, yet, many renal patients exhibit personal resilience in continuing to lead productive lives. Using a positive psychological methodology, this qualitative study aims to identify factors identified by patients as helpful in the transition onto haemodialysis. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 10 patients wi...

Infection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among haemodialysis patients. Some of the risk factors specific to this population include repeated access to the blood stream through venous cannulation for dialysis as well as a higher prevalent usage of prosthetic materials like haemodialysis catheters and arteriovenous grafts. In addition, defects in immunity and phagocytosis also cont...

BACKGROUND Osteodystrophy is one of the long-term haemodialysis complications, and in diabetic patients, it mainly occurs as an aplastic or low-turnover type due to their low serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) levels. In the present study, we investigated the role of glycaemic control to the serum iPTH levels in diabetic haemodialysis patients. METHODS A total of 162 patients who had sta...