Abstract:
This study was carried out in Ibnsena hospital center of renal dialysis
during the period from May 2013 till August 2013.The aim of this study
was to investigate changes in prothrombin time and activated partial
thrombin time that occur in renal failure patients before and after
haemodialysis (HD) as compared to the control group. Blood samples
from50 chronic renal failure patients on Haemodialysis were collected
pre and post haemodialysis. Plasma clotting Time namely prothrombin
time and activated partial thrombin time test were performed on each
sample.
All the patients showed a normal coagulation profile (Pre dialysis) while
post dialysis all of them showed marked prolongation in APTT (total
increase) with slightly prolongation in the PT.
The result of the study showed that was no effect for age, or duration of
dialysis on the results.