A comparative study between normal and chronic kidney patients during Hemodialysis

The present study, included 71 patients (41males and 30 females), suffering from chronic renal failure, who were attending Kidney Dialysis Center of Hawler Teaching Hospital in Erbil government, and 50 healthy individuals included as a control group. The sera were separated from patients and controls blood samples subjected to hematological studies. The aim of this study was to estimate changes in various hematological parameters in chronic renal failure patients before and after hemodialysis. The study results showed that most of the hematological parameters were changed by hemodialysis in chronic kidney disease. Erythrocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrite were found to increase post-HD. The mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration showed mild increase after hemodialysis. Leukocyte and platelet counts also showed mild increase after hemodialysis. It can be concluded that complete hematological parameters were found to increase after hemodialysis. Therefore, it is recommended that patients on hemodialysis should be investigated before and after hemodialysis to control the risk of anemia, bleeding or thrombosis.