Volume 21 No 2 (2023)
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Comparison of hemoglobin levels between hepatitis positive and negative patients in dialysis unit of a tertiary care hospital.
Dr Farooq Ahmed. Dr Batool Butt. Dr Nouman Kareem Qureshi. DrZakiaKanwal. DrHareem Butt. Drtahirarafique. DrShoukat Hussain. DrArzuJadoon. Dr. Sarosh Khan Jadoon. Prof Dr Raja Ijaz
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus status has an impact on
hemodialysis patients with end-stage renal illness
who have low Hemoglobin and Hematocrit levels.
The most frequent haematological anomaly in
chronic renal failure is anaemia. Patients with
renal failure frequently have an iron deficiency,
and treatment with erythropoietin (EPO) increases
this demand. It is unclear whether higher iron
storage influences to hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection or whether HCV infection helps iron
accumulation, making the Hepatitis C virus
infections are chronic in over 170 million people
globally (HCV). HCV infection is widespread in
hemodialysis (HD) facilities around the world,
mostly in the Mediterranean and developing
nations of the Middle and Far East, and is
persistently more common among patients
receiving dialysis than in the general population.
In contemporary hospital dialysis facilities,
nosocomial transmission of HCV infection has
been documented to be a significant pathway,
particularly during outbreaks of HCV. [1–4]. The
most effective way to treat renal anaemia in the
past was blood transfusions, its no longer required
due to the use of erythropoietin (EPO).Renal
anaemia must be treated with iron replacement
since erythropoietin therapy increases the need
for iron.
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