Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

Shahid Jalil

Publications

• Research Article
  Chest Ultrasound, Body Composition Monitoring and Brain Natriuretic Peptide for Assessment of Hydration Status in Hemodialysis Patients. (Single Center Experience)
  Author(s): Mohamed Rashwan, Mohamed Said Abdelsalam, Mohammed Mahdi Althaf, Shahid Jalil, Lutfi Alkorbi, Ihab A Ibrahim and Osman Ibraihim AlfurayhMohamed Rashwan, Mohamed Said Abdelsalam, Mohammed Mahdi Althaf, Shahid Jalil, Lutfi Alkorbi, Ihab A Ibrahim and Osman Ibraihim Alfurayh
  
  Objective: Normal hydration state without experiencing symptoms indicative of over or under hydration at or after the end of hemodialysis treatment or what we call "dry weight” DW is a challenge for most nephrologists. Different methods has been tried to achieve this goal. We performed this study to investigate and compare three different objective tools (2 medical devices and 1 laboratory value) body composition measurement (BCM), chest ultrasound and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) to narrow the gap toward proper estimation of DW in Hemodialysis patients. Methods: 49 stable chronic hemodialysis patients underwent assessment pre and post hemodialysis using all the available modalities mentioned above. Results: BCM assessment showed pre dialysis 27 patients (55%) were classified as overhydrated, 18 patients (37%) as normohydrated and 4 patients (8%) patients as hypohydrat.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0959.1000274

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