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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effect of mycophenolate mofetil and rapamycin on peritoneal function and morphology in a rat model of experimental peritoneal dialysis. MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 6...

OBJECTIVE: QTc dispersion is defi ned as the difference between the maximal and minimal correct QT interval on standard 12-lead ECG. Increased QTc dispersion has been reported in ESRD patients. In our study, we aimed to ...

Introduction: Extended reality (XR), an umbrella term encompassing virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, is increasingly being explored to address educational, procedural, and psychosocial challenges in ...

OBJECTIVE: End-stage kidney disease and advanced cirrhosis are sometimes seen concomitantly. Our purpose was to compare hemodialysis (HD) sessions in critically ill cirrhotic patients from ICU versus stable cirrhotic pat...

Peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis therapy is one of the important and life-threatening complications. Generally, gram-positive microorganisms cause peritonitis. Flavimonas oryzihabitans is gram-negative bacillus and rar...

BACKGROUND: Dialysis adequacy is an important parameter with regards to morbidity and mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients. Besides many other factors affecting this parameter, the effect of different permanent vas...

We performed standard two-needle dialysis (TND) in 16 patients through double lumen subclavian catheters and single-needle dialysis (SND) in 16 patients through single-lumen catheter, all of whom had end stage renal fail...

Recently a new human hepatitis virus was identified. Hepatitis G virus (HGV) can be transmitted parenterally. Patients on hemodialysis (HD) have been shown to be at increased risk of this new virus. Whether continuous am...

OBJECTIVE: Protein-energy-wasting (PEW) is common and contributes to increased mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Herein we aimed to investigate the relationships between the parameters of malnutrition including di...

A 63-year-old woman with Stage 5 chronic kidney disease presented with severe weakness, nausea, and vomiting. A catheter was inserted to the right femoral vein for hemodialysis. She received low molecular weight heparin ...

More than 170 million people are thought to be infected by the hepatitis C virus globally and nearly one million of these patients were die due to cirhhosis and hepatocelular carcinoma every year. Hepatitis C infection i...

INTRODUCTION: A signifi cant number of known ESRD patients start dialysis as an emergency. Key factors that determine emergency dialysis initiation have not been well identifi ed. MATERIAL and METHODS: Ninety out of 15...

Objective: Chronic kidney disease has shown a gradual rise in prevalence. Kidney transplantation is the gold standard of renal replacement therapy and is associated with improved quality of life and decreased morbidity a...

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to show the impacts of peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis replacement therapies on insulin resistance which can provide important contribution to the risk for development of atherosclerosis and card...

Background: This study intended to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding standard precautions concerning Hospital acquired protection (HAIs) among hemodialysis nurses in hemodialysis centers in Mosul Meth...

The prevalence of co-morbid gastrointestinal symptoms is high in dialysis patients, while abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, anorexia and abdominal bloating are the second-most common group of symptoms following dys...

OBJECTIVE: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an endocrinopathy that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Arterial stiffness is commonly used to evaluate the risk of cardiovascular disease, which is quantified by ...

End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients receiving dialysis bear a heavy burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of mortality. Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) have cardiovascular protectiv...

Peritonitis is an important complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy. Qualification of dialysis and nutritional status have been related with morbidity and mortality in patients on continuous amb...

OBJECTIVE: Occult hepatitis B (OHB) virus infection is defined as the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the liver tissue or serum of subjects seronegative for hepatitis B surface antigen. OHB leads to the potent...

Transient decrease of arteriel oxygen saturation (O2Sat) is reported in 5% tol5% of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients during hemodialysis (HD) procedure. Two main mechanisms have been proposed as the possible causes o...

Pericardial dialysate leakage in peritoneal dialysis patients is a rare but serious complication. Increase in intraabdominal pressure, peritonitis, adhesion due to abdominal procedures, and cardiac and pericardial proced...

Peritoneal dialysis can be a therapy for the short-term management of refractory congestive heart failure, and fluid removal. At the same time it can serve as a long-term ambulatory management either as a palliative ther...

OBJECTIVE: TFF3 is a small peptide hormone secreted from mucous producing cells and many epithelial cells. TFF3 inhibits apoptosis, promotes migration and facilitates restoration against injury. In our cross-sectional st...