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 …
A follow-up study was conducted at Renal Unit Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta Indonesia, between November 1992 and November 1994 to determine the role of hemodialysis duration on the evolution of lipid profile in chronic renal failure patients with hemodialysis. Considering abnormal levels of HDL-cholesterol of less than 45 mg/dl and Apo-A1 less than 165mg/dl, at baseline, we found abnormal mean H…