Publications by authors named "I Laouad"
Behcet's disease (BD) is a systemic condition of unknown etiology, characterized by a wide clinical polymorphism. Vascular involvement in BD is rare and can be revealing in many cases. We present an advanced case of BD with multiple venous thromboses associated with urgent dialysis-dependent end-stage chronic renal failure.
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- * Recent interest has emerged in using narrowband ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy for CKDaP, particularly for patients who do not respond to standard treatments like emollients and antihistamines.
- * A study involving 38 dialysis patients evaluated the effects of NB-UVB treatment on their itching intensity and quality of life, using a numerical rating scale to measure improvement after sessions of UVB light therapy.
We present an overview of kidney transplantation activity in the Maghreb countries, based on data from the 9th Colloque France-Maghreb (Paris, May 20 and 21, 2022). For Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, the incidence of end stage renal failure is respectively 120, 130 and 130 per million inhabitants, its prevalence 626, 900 and 833 per million inhabitants and the part of patients with a functional graft of 10.3, 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Smoking is common in chronic hemodialysis patients who are characterized by a high cardiovascular risk.
Patients & Methods: This is a multicenter cross-sectional study over a period of 4 months, from July 2021 to October 2021, in the Agadir province.
Results: Among the 245 patients interviewed, 9,4% were current smokers and 16,7% were former smokers.
Introduction: Non-adherence behaviors are very common in chronic hemodialysis patients, it is estimated that only one patient out of two complies with medical prescriptions, these behaviors are associated with a higher risk of morbidity and adverse events as well as increased expenses for health systems. The aim of our study was to assess adherence to long-term prescribed medications in chronic hemodialysis patients, using a mobile application named TestObs, as well as to determine the main factors influencing medication adherence.
Methods: We conducted a prospective descriptive study, between January and June 2019.