Causes of chronic renal failure in hemodialysis patients of Abadan
M Torabpur
1
,
P Mohsenizad
1
and
A Raiesifar
1
, *
Article information
Journal of Critical Care Nursing : September 30, 2009, 2 (4) ; e8244
Published Online :
October 30, 2009
Article Type: Research Article
Received:
August 15, 2016
Accepted:
February 03, 2010
To Cite:
Torabpur
M, Mohsenizad
P, Raiesifar
A. Causes of chronic renal failure in hemodialysis patients of Abadan,
Crit Care Nurs J.
2009
; 2(4):e8244.
Abstract
Aims: Treatmant of chronic renal failure by permanent hemodialysis, in addition to high costs for society, has many physical and psychological problems for patients. The present study was carried out to investigate the most important causes of this failure in hemodialysis patients of Abadan. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all 59 patients under permanent hemodialysis during March 6, 2005 to April 6, 2006 in Abadan’s hemodialysis center were evaluated. Required data including age, gender, age of first hemodialysis session, causes of chronic renal failure and dialysis-related variables were collected by checklist from patients’ files and interview as needed. Results: Hypertension (40.4%), diabetes mellitus (28.1%), infections (12.3%), congenital abnormalities (10.5%) and obstructions (8.8%) were the most common causes of chronic renal failure. Also, 5.3% of cases were causes including glomerulonephritis (3.5%) and lupus (1.8%). Conclusion: Hypertension is the most frequent cause of end stage renal disease in Abadan and diabetes mellitus and infections are the next.
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