Status of fasting in Ramadan of chronic hemodialysis patients all over Egypt: A multicenter observational study

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2019 Mar-Apr;30(2):339-349. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.256841.

Abstract

There is a paucity of data concerning safety of fasting in Ramadan in chronic kidney disease patients on hemodialysis (HD). The aim of the present study was to assess the frequency of fasting in Ramadan in HD patients in Egypt and the possible effect of fasting on clinical and biochemical variables. This observational multicentric study was carried out during 2016 when fasting duration was around 16 h.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Blood Pressure
  • Comorbidity
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology*
  • Egypt / epidemiology
  • Fasting* / adverse effects
  • Fasting* / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / epidemiology*
  • Islam*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / epidemiology*
  • Phosphorus / blood
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / blood
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / epidemiology*
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy
  • Serum Albumin / metabolism
  • Urea / blood
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Serum Albumin
  • Phosphorus
  • Urea
  • Creatinine