Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2019)

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

  • Abir Farouk Megahed,
  • Ghada El-Kannishy,
  • Nagy Sayed-Ahmed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-2442.256841
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 2
pp. 339 – 349

Abstract

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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.