Synbiotic Supplementations for Azotemia in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive and irreversible impairment of kidney function; if it progresses to the end-stage of CKD, dialysis or kidney transplant is needed. In general, there are no definitive treatment to slow the progression of CKD. This study aimed to determine the effect of synbiotic supplementations on azotemia in patients with CKD.

Bloody pleural effusion and ascites associated with Kaposi sarcoma in a kidney transplant patient.

Isolated pleural involvement is rare in Kaposi sarcoma (KS). We report an unusual case of bloody pleural effusion and ascites associated with KS in a kidney transplant recipient. A 50-year-old man who had received kidney transplantation from a living unrelated donor presented with a massive left-side pleural effusion, ascites, and a skin lesion.

Seventeen years' experience of peritoneal dialysis in Iran: first official report of the Iranian peritoneal dialysis registry.

Background: To facilitate planning, national renal registries provide reliable and up-to-date information on numbers of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), developing trends, treatment modalities, and outcomes. To that end, the present publication represents the first official report from Iranian Peritoneal Dialysis Registry.

Methods: The prevalence, demographics, and clinical characteristics of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) were collected from all PD centers throughout the country.

Association of overtime urine volume and ultrafiltration changes with patient survival in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

Background: Associations between patient survival and baseline urine volume (UV), ultrafiltration (UF) volume, and combined UV and UF were evaluated in Iranian continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.

Methods: From 1995 to 2006, data on 1472 CAPD patients from 26 centers were collected. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics were analyzed using STATA software.

Patient outcome in primary peritoneal dialysis patients versus those transferred from hemodialysis and transplantation.

Background: According to the concept of integrated care, renal transplantation, peritoneal dialysis (PD), and hemodialysis (HD) should be considered three complementary methods of renal replacement therapy. This study tried to evaluate patient outcomes in three different groups of PD patients, namely primary PD patients, those transferred to PD with failing kidney transplant, and those transferred to PD from HD.

Method: From January 1, 1995, to end of 2006 from 26 PD centers, 1,355 patients including demographic, clinical and laboratory data, which were monthly collected through questionnaires, were enrolled in the study.