BACKGROUND: Chronic renal failure or chronic renal disease (CRD) is a progressive oss in renal function over a period of months or years. It is differentiated from acute kidney disease in that the reduction in kidney function must be present for over 3 months Uremic pruritus is the most common cutaneous abnormality in patients with CRF Uraemic pruritus is unrelated ... إقراء المزيد

INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES Chronic renal failure (CRF) is a progressive loss in renal function over a period of months or years. It is differentiated from acute kidney disease in that the reduction in kidney function must be present for over 3 months. In Egypt; end stage renal disease (ESRD) is growing by 100% annually; the estimated annual incidence of ESRD ... إقراء المزيد

OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence and severity of Erectile Dysfunction (ED) in patients with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) under Hhaemodialysis (HD) in Sohag city, Upper Egypt. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two hundred fifty patients had CRF from two HD units in Sohag city, Upper Egypt were subjected to questionnaire of International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5). Mean serum creatinine and hemoglobin ... إقراء المزيد

_BACKGROUND:_ Studies performed to date on the prevalence of gallstones in chronic renal failure (CRF) on haemodialysis (HD) have given contradictory results. _ AIMS_: to evaluate the frequency and percentage of gallstones and its main associated risk factors in a group of Egyptian haemodialysis patients. _PATIENTS AND METHODS_: The study included 147 patients with CRF on HD randomly selected from ... إقراء المزيد