Publications by authors named "I A Al-Awwa"
Aims: This study compared the 2009 versus 2021 chronic kidney disease (CKD) Epidemiological Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equations to calculate estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) among Jordanian patients with T2DM to assess their agreement and impact on CKD staging.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 2382 adult Jordanian patients with T2DM. The 2009 and 2021 CKD-EPI equations were used to calculate eGFR.
Background: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) increases the risk of cardiovascular (CV) complications, kidney disease progression, and mortality. We aimed to determine the incidence and risk of these outcomes according to DKD phenotype among the Jordanian population.
Methods: A total of 1172 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) of >30 ml/min/1.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice and is a common comorbidity in hemodialysis patients. AF contributes to cardiovascular complications; therefore, it is recommended to screen for AF in high-risk patients to prevent serious complications. As we currently lack a handy AF screening tool, the aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of a modified BP monitor (Omron M6), in detecting AF in hemodialysis patients.
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- The study examines how hemodialysis affects the diagnosis of depression in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, given the overlap between depression symptoms and uremic symptoms.
- Conducted from November 2018 to April 2019, the research included 163 participants who completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to assess their depression symptoms before and after undergoing hemodialysis.
- Results showed a high prevalence of depressive symptoms both before (48.5%) and after (46.6%) hemodialysis, with no significant difference in depression scores, highlighting the need for regular depression screening in these patients.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent sustained arrhythmia worldwide and it aggravates cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; however, this is largely under-diagnosed. Moreover, among end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis, AF is substantially more common and serious. The researchers conducted this study to assess the prevalence of, and the factors correlated with AF in Jordanian haemodialysis patients.
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