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Abstract
Vascular access failure (VAF) substantially contributes to morbidity and hospitalization in hemodialysis patients. Thrombosis is a leading cause of VAF and usually results from stenotic lesions in the venous outflow system. Various studies have demonstrated that elevated MPV was associated with a higher rate of restenosis after coronary. These findings tended to focus on interpreting as a ratio rather than separate variable in MPV and platelet count. Thus the MPV/platelet count ratio, but not MPV alone, was shown to be an independent predictor of mortality after MI. On the other hand , little is known about the potential influence of MPV/Platelet count ratio on vascular access patency in hemodialysis patients. Therefore, we studied the effect of increased MPV/platelet count on A-V fistula function in chronic hemodialysis patients. Our study is a cross-sectional study which has been done in Shebin El Koom Teaching Hospital- Menoufeia-Egypt and has been conducted on 50 hemodialysis patients on regular hemodialysis for > 6 months to assess the effect of the mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio on arteriovenous fistula function.
The study patients have been divided into two groups:
group 1: 25 Patients with functioning A-V fistula.
group 2: 25 Patients with none-functioning A-V fistula
Patients have been subjected to the following:
1- Full history taking.