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Chronic renal failure is fatal disease because it leads to failure of excretory, metabolic andendocrine functions of the kidneys which lead to disturb all physiological functions of thebody some of these derangements is fatal to human beings to save human these bodydisturbances by chronic renal failure is treated by renal transplant and dialysis in differentways including peritoneal dialysis (PD.). Chronic renal failure is a common disease inpatients attending Ramadi teaching hospital whom treated by peritoneal dialysis (PD) withvariable results. So this study is introduced to detect the health status for managing chronicrenal failure treated by peritoneal dialysis. All patients were 100 patients (53 male and 47female) with CRF who admitted to the medical word in Al-Ramadi teaching hospital duringa period from November 2008 till July 2009. Thorough history, examination andinvestigations were done for them including: hemoglobin, ESR, blood urea, serumcreatinine, ECG and abdominal U/S then PD was done for them according to theirindications. The study showed that male was 53% with the age between 13 and 87 yearswhile the female was 47% with the age between 12 and 91 years. Diabetes mellitus (DM)and hypertension (HT) were the most common cause of CRF. The outcome was:30%complete improvement, 21% partial improvement, 26% less responsive and 23% died.In the last months of my study there was significant improvement. In conclusion; DM andHT were the most common causes of CRF respectively; however obstructive uropathy hada notable ratio. There was no significant difference regarding sex. The outcome of PD waspoor early in my study with significant improvements later.

Keywords

Chronic renal failure, Endocrine functions of the kidneys, Peritoneal dialysis, PD.

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