Water conservation: an emerging but vital issue in hemodialysis therapyFaissal Tarrass
Department of Hemodialysis, Larache Hospital Center, Larache, Morocco
Blood Purif 30:181-5. 2010
..This article reviews the current water conservation techniques in hemodialysis and the potential benefits drawn when using this technology...
- Current understanding of ozone use for disinfecting hemodialysis water treatment systems
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Dialysis, Hospital Princess Lala Meryem, Larache, Morocco
Blood Purif 30:64-70. 2010
..This study aims to review the literature on the application of ozone in the disinfection of water treatment systems for hemodialysis...
- Severe jaw enlargement associated with uremic hyperparathyroidism
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hassani Hospital, Nador, Morocco
Hemodial Int 12:316-8. 2008
..This report describes a localized enlargement of the mandible due to a brown tumor in a patient undergoing chronic hemodialysis. Literature on jaw involvement in secondary hyperparathyroidism is reviewed...
- [Transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV) and renal failure]
Faissal Tarrass
Service d Hemodialyse, hôpitaux Drôme Nord Site de Romans, BP 1002, route du Tain, 26100 Romans sur Isère, France
Nephrol Ther 2:176-82. 2006
..This paper reviews, characterization of the virus, the history of its discovery, taxonomy and identification. Current status of TTV infection in patients with renal diseases are also summarised...
- Doppler echocardiograph evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing hemodialysis
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morrocco
Hemodial Int 10:356-9. 2006
..The role of the vascular access, anemia, or secondary hyperparathyroidism as the etiology of PH in HD patients did not hold in this study...
- Heart valve calcifications in patients with end-stage renal disease: analysis for risk factors
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morocco
Nephrology (Carlton) 11:494-6. 2006
..Our aims were to determine the prevalence of VC in our maintenance haemodialysis (HD) population and to examine some possible aetiologic factors for its occurrence...
- Recycling wastewater after hemodialysis: an environmental analysis for alternative water sources in arid regions
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hassani Hospital Center, Nador, Morocco
Am J Kidney Dis 52:154-8. 2008
..A cost-benefit analysis is also performed through comparison of intended cost with that of seawater desalination, which is widely used in irrigation...
- End-stage renal disease following carboplatin chemotherapy for a nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morocco
Ren Fail 29:1049-51. 2007
..The authors report a case of definitive renal failure secondary to carboplatin chemotherapy for a nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The mechanisms that give rise to the chronic nephropathy are discussed...
- Optimizing hypertension control in hemodialysis patients: a proposed management strategy
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, 20100 Casablanca, Morocco
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 18:355-60. 2007
..The purpose of the study was to assess the efficiency of a goal-oriented therapeutic strategy in lowering blood pressure and reducing the need for antihypertensive medications in 168 patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis...
- [Acute renal failure secondary to the transurethral resection of the prostate syndrome]
Faissal Tarrass
Servicio de Nefrología y Diálisis, Hospital Universitario Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Marruecos
Arch Esp Urol 60:84-5. 2007
..However acute renal failure, known to be a clinical presentation of some TURP syndromes was less discussed...
- Spontaneous kidney rupture--an unusual complication of Wegener's granulomatosis
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, 20100 Casablanca, Morocco
Nephrol Dial Transplant 22:280. 2007
- Calcareous degeneration of the eye--an unusual complication of uraemic hyperparathyroidism
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Morocco
Nephrol Dial Transplant 21:3330. 2006
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome coexisting with juvenile nephronophtisis
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology, Ibn Rochd Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco
Nephrology (Carlton) 11:117-9. 2006
..Further evaluation identified hypermobile joints and hyperextensible skin, which led to the diagnosis of the EDS. These data suggest that patients with EDS need to be evaluated carefully for the presence of renal anomalies...
- Cauda equina compression revealing brown tumor of the spine in a long-term hemodialysis patient
Faissal Tarrass
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, 20100 Casablanca, Morocco
Joint Bone Spine 73:748-50. 2006
..Emergent decompressive surgery is required to remove pressure on neurological structures and to stabilize the spine...
