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: to determine the risk factors, clinical characteristics, surgical management and outcome of pseudoaneurysm secondary to iatrogenic or traumatic vascular injury. m et h o d s : this was a cross-sectional study being performed in department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery skims soura during a 4-year period. we included all the patients referring to our center with primary diagno...

INTRODUCTION Chronic diseases have a great impact in the morbidity and mortality and in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients around the world. The impact of rheumatic diseases has not been fully recognized. We conducted a comparative study to evaluate the HRQoL in different chronic diseases. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to assess the HRQoL and identify specifi...

background: vaccination against fatal viral and bacterial diseases is still the best protective way to lower morbidity and mortality rate in end‑stage renal disease (esrd) patients. it has been reported that there is high incidence of low protective levels of igg after vaccination in esrd adult patients. the aim of this study was to evaluate the protective status of vaccination against diphther...

background considering the significant geographical and ethnical differences in pattern of incidence, etiology and outcome of chronic kidney disease (ckd), the present study aimed to assess the etiology and outcome of ckd in iranian children. materials and methods in a cross-sectional study etiology and outcome of 372 children aged 3 months to 18 years with ckd was studied during the period 199...

conclusions literature search revealed an increased prevalence of hypothyroidism with secondary hpth from renal failure. although there is increased prevalence of hypothyroid state in secondary hpth from renal failure, the association appears much weaker in primary hpth and again no conclusive pathological relation has been identified between the two endocrine glands. a closer look and perhaps ...

In most industrialized countries, different epidemiologic studies show that chronic renal failure is dramatically increasing. Such major public health problem is a consequence of acquired systemic diseases such as type II diabetes, which is now the first cause for end stage renal failure. Furthermore, lithogenic diseases may also induce intratubular crystallization, which may finally result in ...