Chronic renal failure is still the problem in the world. The problem in the developed countries is not similar to the developing countries like Indonesia. There are numbers of chronic renal failure patients found in Indonesia especially in Jakarta recently. Lots of factors caused this chronic renal failure. Haemodialysis/HD is still one of the best treatments to these patients besides kidney tr…
Chronic renal failure is still a major health problem in medicine world. An adequate treatment could only retard the progress of renal failure and delay the course toward end-stage renal disease, a condition that requires maintenance dianalysis or kidney transplantation. Managable factors should always be identified and promptly treated. Dietary therapy may be able to cope with uremic symptoms,…
The study being carried out in Dr. Kariadi Hospital Semarang is trying to reveal whether low protein diet can be accepted by chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. Study design is a cross sectional study on all CRF patients being hospitalized in Dr. Kariadi Hospital Semarang, from September 1, 1994 to January 31, 1995. Variabel of the study were energy intake, protein intake, creatinine plasma, …
An observational study on factors influencing the survival of 40 patients with end stage renal failure, who had been chronically hemodialyzed at Sardjito General Hospital was performed. The major causes of end stage renal failure in these patients were : chronic glomerulonephritis (22 patients); Diabetes mellitus (9 patients); renal stones (5 patients) and miscellaneous (4 patients). Seventeen …