Frequency of maintenance hemodialysis patients meeting K/DOQI criteria for serum calcium phosphorus calcium phosphorus product and PTH levels; a single institutional experience from Pakistan: a cross sectional study

摘要

IntroductionThere is a great scarcity of literature in Pakistan investigating the proportion of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) who meet the recommended kidney diseases outcome quality initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines for serum calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), calcium phosphorus product (Ca x P) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Our study aimed to determine frequencies of patients who met the K/DOQI targets for these minerals at a tertiary care hospital's dialysis unit.