Hepatitis B and C Infections in Patients With Prolonged Hemodialysis Secondary to Chronic Renal Failure

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Wajeeha ElahiAtif A Hashmi

Abstract

Objective To determine the frequency of hepatitis B and C in patients with prolonged hemodialysis suffering from chronic renal failure. Methods A retrospective study was conducted from January to August 2017 at Tabba Kidney Institute, Karachi. A total of 255 patients on hemodialysis were included in the study by using convenient sampling technique. All the relevant data such as gender, age, duration of hemodialysis and presence of hepatitis B and C were recorded. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 21 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) while binary logistic regression was applied to develop a risk assessment model for the study outcomes. Results The study results showed that 134 (52.5%) patients were on hemodialysis for five years or more, 173 (67.8%) of them suffered from hepatitis B while 124 (48.6%) of them suffered from hepatitis C. The study results further revealed that after controlling for the effects of age and gender, the duration of hemodialysis was significantly associated with both hepatitis B (AOR 1.917, 95% CI 1.111-3.306, p=0.019) and hepatitis C (AOR 2.323, 95% CI 1.395-3.870, p=0.001) among the patients studied. Conclusion The study concluded that longer duration of hemodialysis in p...Continue Reading

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