Publications by authors named "Monirossadat Hakemi"
Background: The incidence of major risk factors of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the world is on the rise, and it is expected that this incidence and prevalence, particularly in developing countries, will continue to increase. Using data on urinary sediment and microalbuminuria, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of CKD in northeast Iran.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, the prevalence of CKD in a sample of 1557 regionally representative people, aged ≥ 18 years, was analyzed.
Iran, a developing country with a population of approximately 71,000,000, is the most populous country in the Middle East and the 16th most populous in the world. Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is US$8900 and total health expenditure is approximately 6% of GDP. The total number of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients reported by the Management Center for Transplantation and Special Diseases (MCTSD) was 32,686 in 2007, which denotes a prevalence of 466 per million population (pmp) in Iran.
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- Sterile or chemical peritonitis in patients undergoing continuous peritoneal dialysis (PD) is rare and not well-documented, making it important to analyze its characteristics.
- A study of 20 patients revealed that acute chemical peritonitis (ACP) was associated with cloudy dialysate and abdominal pain, with all cultures showing no microorganisms; symptoms resolved when glucose bags from a specific lot were changed.
- The results indicated that while there was a significant increase in dialysate-to-plasma creatinine levels after ACP episodes, glomerular filtration rates remained unchanged, highlighting the need for better monitoring of glucose degradation products in PD solutions.