Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hemodialysis Patients with Intradialytic Hypertension.

Introduction: It has not yet been clear whether intradialytic hypertension (IDHN) translates into the presence of high BP between dialysis sessions or not. In this study, we aimed to perform interdialytic ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in patients with IDHN to find whether high BP persists at home.

Methods: In this case-control study, ABPM was performed during a 44-hours interdialytic period in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) with pre-dialysis systolic BP (SBP) above 130 mmHg.

Therapeutic Effect of Montelukast for Treatment of Uremic Pruritus in Hemodialysis Patients.

Introduction: Uremic pruritus is one of the most common disabling symptoms in patients with end-stage renal disease. We aimed to study the effect of montelukast sodium for the treatment of uremic pruritus lasting more than 3 months in patients undergoing hemodialysis and compare it with placebo.

Methods And Materials: Eighty patients undergoing hemodialysis at 3 centers in Shiraz, Iran, were recruited to a randomized double-blinded controlled trial to receive 10 mg of montelukast or placebo, daily for 30 days.

Risk factors of post renal transplant hyperparathyroidism.

It is well recognized that patients with end stage renal diseases (ESRD) have hyper-plastic parathyroid glands. In most patients, a decrease in parathyroid hormone (PTH) occurs by about 1 year after renal transplantation. However, some renal transplant recipients continue to have elevated level of PTH.

Impact of obesity on development of chronic renal allograft dysfunction.

Obesity in nontransplant patients has been associated with hypertension, hyperlipi-demia, diabetes, and proteinuria. To determine whether renal transplant recipients with an elevated BMI have worse long term graft survival, we prospectively studied 92 patients transplanted between April 1999 and July 2000. Weight (Wt) and height of the patients were recorded prior to transplantation and two weeks, one, two and three years post transplantation.