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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of patency of A-V fistulas created by a single surgeon with microsurgery in childhood hemodialysis patients. MATERIAL and METHODS: The age, gender, complications ...

Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects more than 800 million people worldwide. Patients undergoing haemodialysis often experience increased stress and compromised cardiovascular health, which may affect treat...

OBJECTIVE: Pregnancy in women of reproductive age on dialysis is rare and has a poor outcome. Several studies published in the 1990s revealed pregnancy rates of 0.3 to 0.5 per 100 patient-years, but not all pregnancies...

Subjective global assessment (SAG) is accepted as a reliable method in assessing the nutritional status of a patient on haemodialysis. A total of 34 patients participated in the study (18 male, 16 female, mean age (yrs) ...

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: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Atherosclerotic changes in carotid arteries show the extent of systemic atherosc...

AIM: To investigate the situation of the cardiac arrhythmia in the cases within the chronic haemodialysis program and its pathogenesis. MATERIALS and METHOD: Sixty-four patients who admitted to the department of nephro...

OBJECTIVE: Arteriovenous fistulas are one of the most important routes of access for haemodialysis in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. In this study, we aimed to discuss surgical methods and early results of arterio...

Background: The burden of infections in dialysis facilities continues to rise worldwide. Due to the invasive procedures associated with haemodialysis (HD), patients undergoing HD in dialysis facilities are at high risk ...

Methotrexate (MTX) is cleared primarily by renal excretion. The excretion of MTX is delayed in subjects with renal dysfunction and elevated plasma MTX concentrations develop which lead to bone marrow toxicities and possi...

One of the most important factors in providing a well life quality in the patiens with chronic renal failure(CRF) to which haemodyalisis was applied, is the efficacy of the vascular Access path. The complications dependi...

// was aimed to determine the effects of smoking on the blood lead levels in the patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis (HD) and healthy subjects. This descriptive study included 21 HD patients (14...

Our purpose was to determine serum zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) levels in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) undergoing (HD) and to investigate the effects of dialysis duration of time on these trace elements. This...

A Turkish patient was evaluated because of loss of vision of the left eye at the second month after renal transplantation. The ophtalmologic examination showed the involvement of IIIrd, IVth and VIth cranial nerves and o...

Antiphospholipid antibodies can cause recurrent thrombotic attacks in some patients. Antiphospholipid antibodies are detected in patients with autoimmune disease especially systemic lupus erythematosus, infectious, malig...

Recently, there has been a proliferation of simplified approaches to calculate the KtlVurea from pre— and postdialytic BUN measuraments in haemodialysis (HD) patients. We studied the relationship of clinical outcome pa...

The association between essential mixed cryoglobulinemia and HCV infection is well recognized. This study was designed to investigate the association between HCV infection and cryoglobulinemia as well as its clinical and...

Rheumatologic and osteoarticular syndromes occur frequently in chronic haemodialysis patients. The number and severity of these complications increase with the time on hemodialysis (HD). Beta-2 microglobulin accumulates ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the indications-contraindicationscomplications and the results of temporary and permanent hemodialysis catheters in the patients with chronic renal failure. MATARIAL and METHOD: 69 of 72 interve...

Dermatomyositis (DM) is the nonsuppurative inflammation of the skeletal muscle with dermal rashes. One third of the cases have an overlapping connective tissue disease or malignancy may be accompanying in 10% of them. Sc...

The hemodialysis patients, having high risks for viral hepatitis have a prevalence of18% for hepatitis E virus and 41.5% for hepatitis C virus in our country. It has been reported that both viral agents are more prevalen...

Resumen: Introducción: La enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) será la segunda causa de muerte en el mundo en 2100. El Registro Español de Diálisis y Trasplante (REDYT) recopila información sobre la incidencia, la preva...

It is reeported in the literatures that the incidence of sleep disorders is high (50-83 %) in hemodialysis patients, possibly resulting in poorer quality of life. This study is designed and carried out in order to evalua...

BACKGROUND: Hyperhomocysteinaemia, which is an independent cardiovascular risk factor, is common in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients. In chronic haemodialysis patients, the effect of dialysis adequacy on homocysteine ...