Advancements in Journal of Urology and Nephrology(AJUN)

Advisor Doctor, Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq

Publications

• Research Article   
  Dietary Dialysis with Acacia Gum: Intestinal Dialysis Technology
  Author(s): Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi*
  
  Background: The use of a new dietary approach used to lower urea levels in chronic renal failure, and thus simulating dialysis has been recently described. This approach has been increasingly called intestinal or dietary dialysis. The aim of this paper is to describe the treatment of nine patients with chronic renal failure associated with symptomatic uremia with intestinal dialysis. Patients and Methods: During the period from December, 2005 to October, 2009, nine patients (5 males and 4 females) with various renal disorders associated with symptomatic uremia were referred for treatment due to their unwillingness to undergo dialysis. Ages ranged from 3.5 year to 72 years (mean 28.8).All patients considered dialysis in their circumstance to be associated with an unacceptable degree of discomfort and suffering. Five patients had severe uremic.. Read More»
  

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