...İbrahim Yıldız; Pinar Özmen Yildiz; Cengiz Burak; İbrahim Rencüzoğulları; Guner Karaveli Gursoy; Bulent Kaya; Yavuz Karabağ; Metin Çağdaş Objective: An increased left atrial volume index (LAVI) is related to increased mortality in hemodialysis patients. In the present study, we evaluated...

... event data of 10,751 chronic hemodialysis patients collected from March 2013 to February 2016 at an outpatient dialysis unit in Kuwait were reviewed. The dialysis events studied were: intravenous (IV) antimicrobial use, a positive blood culture, and signs of inflammation at the vascular access site...

...Aydın Güçlü; Gökay Nar; Atilla İçli; Nail Özhan; Siren Sezer Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between fragmented QRS complex (fQRS), aortic stiffness, and diastolic dysfunction in hemodialysis patients. Subjects and Methods: A sample of 56 patients who received hemodialysis...

...Radojica Stolic The aim of this review was to highlight the most important complications of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) for hemodialysis (HD). The quality of vascular access for HD should be suitable for repeated puncture and allow a high blood flow rate for high-efficiency dialysis with minimal...

...Mohammad Motamedifar; Parvin Hassanzadeh; Narjes Ghafari Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the nasal carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus in hemodialysis patients and the antibiogram of all isolated S. aureus from carriers. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study...

...Namik Ozmen; Beker Sitki Cebeci; Ejder Kardesoglu; Enes Murat Atasoyu; Suat Unver; Turgay Celik; Mustafa Aparci; Mehmet Dincturk Objective: To investigate whether or not P-wave dispersion (PWD) can be used as a good indicator of effective hemodialysis. Subjects and Methods: The study included 35...

... creatinine, calcium, phosphate, and alkaline phosphatase. Patients with iPTH >32 pmol/l were considered hyperparathyroid. Erythropoietin resistance index (ERI) was expressed as the ratio of weekly rHuEPO dose/Hct level. Results: Of the 118 patients, 83 (70.3%) were on hemodialysis (HD) and 35 (29.7%) were...

.... Polydactyly, retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, strabismus, nistagmus and renal failure were found. Because she had end-stage renal failure, hemodialysis therapy was started. She has been well for 18 months, without any complication on hemodialysis. Conclusion: Bardet-Biedl syndrome should be considered...

...Anil Kumar Saxena; B.R. Panhotra Objective: To determine the impact of nurse understaffing on the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a large hospital-based hemodialysis (HD) unit with a high HCV prevalence. Subjects and Methods: The records of 198 patients (107 males and 91...

...İlker Durak; Murat Kaçmaz; Serenay Elgün; Hasan Serdar Öztürk Objective: To investigate blood oxidative status of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) and possible effects of hemodialysis on the development of oxidative stress in blood. Materials and Methods: The levels of malondialdehyde (MDA...

... and atherosclerosis, characteristic complications of CRF. The aim of this study was to investigate erythrocyte oxidant/antioxidant status in patients with CRF and to elucidate possible effects of hemodialysis on erythrocyte antioxidant system. Methods: Fasting blood samples were obtained from 33 patients with CRF...