Document Type
Original Article
Abstract
Background: One of the major concerns for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who are receiving hemodialysis is the effectiveness of the dialysis treatment. Inflammation levels are elevated in patients with inadequate dialysis. Inflammation can be detected by measuring the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR).
Objectives: To assess the level of HD sufficiency in (ESRD) patients and how it relates to other factors that impact patient outcomes, such as (NLR), anemia, and blood pressure.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included one hundred ESRD cases from the Hemodialysis Unit at Al-Hussein University Hospital in collaboration with the Allergy and Immunology Center divided into two groups according to dialysis adequacy; group I included 66 cases with Kt/V ≥1.2 (adequate dialysis dose) and group II included 34 cases with Kt/V<1.2 (inadequate dialysis dose).
Results: NLR was significantly higher among ESRD patients with inadequate dialysis dose, 3.8 (2.9-4.6) compared to 2.64 (1.96-3.3) among ESRD patients with adequate dialysis dose. The ROC curve analysis showed that NLR was a diagnostic marker of inadequate dialysis at a cutoff point 3.17, exhibiting a sensitivity of 73.5% and a specificity of 71.2%.
Conclusion: Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio may be a diagnostic marker for inflammation among ESRD patients on regular HD.
Keywords
ESRD, HD, Inflammation NLR
Subject Area
Internal Medicine
How to Cite This Article
Soliman, Abdelwahab Mohammed Lotfy; Ayoub, Hazem Sayed Ahmed; Abd Elghaffar, Medhat Ali Salah; and Abd Elhamied, Ibrahim Mohamed Eid
(2024)
"Adequacy of Hemodialysis and its relation to Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte ratio among patients undergoing regular Hemodialysis,"
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal: Vol. 5:
Iss.
5, Article 24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58675/2682-339X.2426
