The causes and frequency of kidney allograft failure in a low-resource setting: observational data from Iraqi Kurdistan.

Background: In the developing world, transplantation is the most common long-term treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease, but rates and causes of graft failure are uncertain.

Methods: This was a retrospective outcomes study of renal transplant patients seen in Iraqi Kurdistan nephrology clinics in the year 2019. In 2019, 871 renal transplant patients were registered and outcomes followed through 12/31/2020.

Incidence of glomerulonephritis and non-diabetic end-stage renal disease in a developing middle-east region near armed conflict.

Background: Estimates of the incidence of glomerulonephritis (GN) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in an Iraqi population are compared with the United States (US) and Jordan.

Methods: The study set consist of renal biopsies performed in 2012 and 2013 in the Kurdish provinces of Northern Iraq. The age specific and age standardized incidence of GN was calculated from the 2011 population.

Characteristics of kidney transplantation in baghdad: an epidemiological study.

Kidney transplantation remains the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage renal failure. The kidney transplantation program in Iraq has finished its third decade, and this study was performed to assess the characteristics of this program. This study was performed, from early 2004 to mid-2005, on all patients who underwent renal transplantation and were residing in Baghdad.

Successful pregnancy in a patient with hemodialysis in Iraq.

An 18-year-old woman patient was discovered to have severe anemia and advanced renal failure during a routine prenatal follow-up at her 6th week of gestation. During the first few weeks of therapy, the hemodialysis frequency was increased gradually and Erythropoietin was administered with intravenous iron therapy to keep the patient's hemoglobin above 115 gm/L. Blood pressure rose was controlled by alpha methyldopa.