background the most common complications during dialysis are hypotension and muscle cramps. there are many strategies to prevent and treat these complications. objectives the aim of this study is to evaluate effects of vitamin e and l-carnitine supplementation alone and in combination on intradialytic complications. patients and methods in a prospective study, 20 patients with end stage renal d...

one-hundred and sixteen children with esrd were registered in shiraz pediatric hemodialysis center in nemazee hospital, a referral center in the south of iran, from 1990 to 1999. very small children are not dialysed in this center due to technical problems. the age range of children in this center was 2-16 years, mean age was 10.4±3.6 years and male to female ratio was 1.4. major causes of esrd...

objectives: curcumin has anti-inflammatory and antioxidative properties. the objective of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of curcumin on functional disturbances, oxidative stress, and leukocyte infiltration induced by renal ischemia/reperfusion (i/r). materials and methods: animals were randomly divided into 9 groups. the groups with 24-h reperfusion consisted of sham-24h,...

background and objectives: hemodialysis (hd) is one of the therapeutic modalities patients. since inadequate dialysis increases mortality and morbidity of patients, therefore, assessment of dialysis adequacy is clinically important. for this reason, hemodialysis adequacy was determined in patients undergoing maintenance hd at the mostafa khomeini hospital, tehran, iran. materials and methods: t...

inner ear cells are sensitive to some metabolic and hormonal disorders, but the relation between chronic renal failure (crf), regular dialysis treatment (rdt) and sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) is still a debatable field. the object of this paper was to verify the presence of snhl in patients submitted to hemodialysis with different duration due to crf and in those submitted to conservative ...

introduction: acute renal failure is an uncommon complication of idiopathic nephritic syndrome in children. renal failure could be secondary to causes such as sever hypovolumia, acute tubular necrosis, interstitial nephritis, bilateral renal vein thrombosis, acute pyelonephritis and rapid progression of original glomerular disease. it may be idiopathic if the underlying cause is undetermined. a...

heart failure is common in patients with chronic renal disease, either as a complication of renal failure or from shared risk factors, or is the major cause of death in patients on dialysis. at present, end stage renal disease (esrd) patients who have systolic heart failure are considered high-risk for surgery; and nephrologists and cardiologists are reluctant to refer these patients for kidney...

background: recent interests have mainly focused on the roles of serum calcium and phosphorus and their product (ca-p product) in the development of valvular heart disease. the present study assessed the relationship between the ca-p product and the severity of valvular heart disease in end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis. methods: this cross-sectional study ...