Laboratory Variables and Treatment Adequacy in Hemodialysis Patients in Iran

• Main Authors: Pourfarziani Vahid, Ghanbarpour Fahimeh, Nemati Eghlim, Taheri Saeed, Einollahi Behzad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2008-01-01
• Series: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
• Subjects: Adequacy; Hemodialysis; Kidney; Renal; Failure; Chronic; Nutritional; Mineral
• Online Access: http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2008;volume=19;issue=5;spage=842;epage=846;aulast=Pourfarziani

This study aims to evaluate the laboratory variables in Iranian hemodialysis pa-tients. We studied 338 patients in 6 dialysis centers around the country. Sixty four percent of the patients were anemic, and the mean of hemoglobin levels in the patients was 9.6 &#x00B1; 1.9 g/dL. Women had a significantly higher prevalence of anemia (p= 0.004); however, considering the absolute hemoglobin values, there was no significant difference between genders (p> 0.05). The mean urea reduction ratio (URR) and Kt/V in the patients were 62.6 &#x00B1; 12.8 and 1.17 &#x00B1; 0.31, respectively. Hyperphosphatemia and hyperkalemia were observed in <i> 50&#x0025; </i> and <i> 58&#x0025;, </i> respectively. We conclude that our study demonstrated a relatively high prevalence of anemia and hyper-phosphatemia, however, a surprisingly good dialysis urea clearance in the Iranian hemodialysis patients. We should exploit more effort to maintain hemoglobin and serum phosphate levels with-in the target ranges.