Background: According to Islamic rules, a Muslim is requested to abstain from food, water, smoking, medications, and sexual activities from dawn until dusk, every day during the month of Ramadan. While Islam rules allow patients with appreciable illnesses not to fast, many Muslim...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11949
Abir Farouk Megahed, Dina Abouelkheir Abdalla Mohamed, Ghada El-Said, Omar Ahmad Al Nafel & Nagy Sayed-Ahmed·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Aims: We aimed to observe the effect of modification of the immunosuppressive regimen in response to the severity of COVID-19 infection on the outcome of renal disease patients and to study factors affecting their mortality. Methods and Materials: The study was conducted on 18 pa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i11761
Background: Maintaining the patency of the extracorporeal circuit (ECC) is required. The cost and long-term effect of anticoagulants on hemodialysis (HD) patients' parameters are still matters of concern. We aimed to study the effect of shifting to enoxaparin instead of unfractio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930363
Background: It is well-known that hemodialysis extends the life of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, who would have otherwise died. The characteristics of long-term patients on hemodialysis (HD) were not evaluated before in Egypt. We aimed at identifying the specific char...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i830355
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “Intravenous L- Carnitine in HD patients and some of its benefits: A single-center Observation”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i730347
Abir Farouk Megahed, Abeer Mohammed Abd Eltwab, Amany R. Youssef, Reem Mohamed Farouk Saleh & Nagy Sayed-Ahmed·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2021
Background: Hepatitis b virus infection (HBV) was recognized as an important hazard for patients and staff in Hemodialysis Units (HDU), and this issue was first recognized in the 1960s with a set of guidelines for the control of HBV in HDU. HCV is a blood-borne infection and is t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230300
Background and Aim: The number of patients on hemodialysis (HD) increases continuously. The HD population is usually divided into early and late HD patients according to the duration of HD, that are known as incident and prevalent groups. Still, there is a debate about the exact...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1130268
Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an important cause of global morbidity and mortality affecting both sexes. Both genders may present with different symptoms and signs, respond differently to therapy and may exhibit different degrees of tolerance towards their disease...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030259
Backgrounds: Hemodialysis (HD) represents the main modality of RRT in Egypt and it constitutes a burden on the health care budget. In Alexandria province of Egypt, HD service is provided through fifty-seven HD units, which are categorized into twenty-one nonprofit units and thirt...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030252
Abir Farouk Megahed, Ghada El Kannishy, Hassan El Azawy, Hanan Farouk Megahed, Ehab Hussein Hashish & Nagy Sayed- Ahmed·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2020
Background and Aims: Women in the childbearing period on hemodialysis (HD) have decreased fertility when compared with the general population. However, pregnancy in this patients’ population is still possible. The aim of the current study was to assess the conception rate in Egyp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030247
Background: Chronic kidney disease can affect different aspects of female patient’s life including menstrual pattern, marital status and sexuality, fertility, pregnancy outcome, and recommended methods of contraception especially when initiated on HD. In Egypt, it has been notice...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i630216