Factors Affecting the Level of Adherence to Hypertension Medications: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Hill-Bone Questionnaire.

Background: The adherence to antihypertensive therapy plays a significant role in determining the clinical outcomes of hypertension. We aim to evaluate the level of adherence to antihypertensive medications among patients and to assess the effect of different sociodemographic factors on the level of adherence using the Hill-Bone scale for indirect assessment.

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, we utilized a validated, face-to-face interview questionnaire to collect data on sociodemographic characteristics, participants' attitudes, and disease knowledge.

Effect of Hydrocortisone on Intradialytic Hypotension: A Preliminary Investigational Study.

Introduction: Approximately 15 to 33% of all dialysis treatments are complicated by intradialytic hypotension (IDH). In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the intravenous administration of hydrocortisone prior to HD treatment could prevent IDH or at least decrease the drop in the blood pressure resulting from IDH.

Methods: This study was approved by our local ethics committee/IRB (2017/87) and by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (7/clinical/18).

Outcome of upper limb vascular access for hemodialysis.

The aim of this study was to investigate the outcome of vascular access procedures for hemodialysis and factors affecting access survival and complication rates. A retrospective review was carried out on 276 patients who underwent 404 consecutive vascular access operations performed over seven-years. The overall primary failure rate was 9.

Evaluation of the impact of pharmaceutical care service on hospitalized patients with chronic kidney disease in Jordan.

Objectives: The primary goal of the present study was to implement and evaluate the impact of pharmaceutical care service for hospitalized chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in Jordan.

Setting: Nephrology wards of one of the largest general hospitals in Jordan.

Methods: All patients who were previously diagnosed with CKD by their physician were eligible for inclusion in the study.

Benign pheochromocytoma presented 6 years after kidney transplantation.

Hypertension is very common in kidney transplant patients; however, severe and resistant cases should raise suspicion of secondary causes. Pheochromocytomas are rare but serious tumors because of their lethal hypertensive and possible malignant nature. The diagnosis is occasionally elusive, but prompt diagnosis and localization is essential for definitive surgical management.

Comprehensive assessment of treatment related problems in hospitalized medicine patients in Jordan.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and characteristics of treatment related problems (TRPs) in hospitalized internal medicine patients in Jordan as well as to identify diseases and drugs associated with each specific TRP. We have also aimed at investigating physicians' acceptance of recommendations made by clinical pharmacist and to identify the outcomes of pharmacist interventions.

Setting: Internal medicine department of a general hospital in Jordan.

A placebo-controlled trial of the effects of hydrochlorothiazide on nocturnal enuresis.

Objective: To assess the efficacy, tolerability and side effects of the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in the management of monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis by a placebo-controlled double-blind crossover trial.

Patients And Methods: Forty patients suffering from nocturnal enuresis were blindly randomized into 2 groups of equal numbers. Group 1 first received placebo for 3 months, and group 2 received oral HCTZ once daily for the same period.