Background: It is well-known that hemodialysis extends the life of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, who would have otherwise died. The characteristics of long-term patients on hemodialysis (HD) were not evaluated before in Egypt. We aimed at identifying the specific char...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i830355
Background: According to Islamic rules, a Muslim is requested to abstain from food, water, smoking, medications, and sexual activities from dawn until dusk, every day during the month of Ramadan. While Islam rules allow patients with appreciable illnesses not to fast, many Muslim...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11949
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Intravenous L- Carnitine in HD patients and some of its benefits: A single-center Observation”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i730347
Background and Aim: The number of patients on hemodialysis (HD) increases continuously. The HD population is usually divided into early and late HD patients according to the duration of HD, that are known as incident and prevalent groups. Still, there is a debate about the exact...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1130268
Abir Farouk Megahed, Dina Abouelkheir Abdalla Mohamed, Ghada El-Said, Omar Ahmad Al Nafel & Nagy Sayed-Ahmed·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Aims: We aimed to observe the effect of modification of the immunosuppressive regimen in response to the severity of COVID-19 infection on the outcome of renal disease patients and to study factors affecting their mortality. Methods and Materials: The study was conducted on 18 pa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i11761
Background: Maintaining the patency of the extracorporeal circuit (ECC) is required. The cost and long-term effect of anticoagulants on hemodialysis (HD) patients' parameters are still matters of concern. We aimed to study the effect of shifting to enoxaparin instead of unfractio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930363
Abir Farouk Megahed, Abeer Mohammed Abd Eltwab, Amany R. Youssef, Reem Mohamed Farouk Saleh & Nagy Sayed-Ahmed·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: Hepatitis b virus infection (HBV) was recognized as an important hazard for patients and staff in Hemodialysis Units (HDU), and this issue was first recognized in the 1960s with a set of guidelines for the control of HBV in HDU. HCV is a blood-borne infection and is t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230300