@article{Sirhindi_Alam_Riaz Shah_Asif_Izhar_Khan_Hussain,_Farooq_farooq_2016, title={Serum folate levels in end stage renal disease patients}, volume={11}, url={https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/1015}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v11i3.1015}, abstractNote={<p>Objective: This study was aimed to measure serum folate levels in patients of end stage renal disease (ESRD) on regular haemodialysis and compared with normal healthy individuals. Study design: It is a comparative study. Setting: Department of Pathology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore Patients and methods: One hundred subjects were selected and divided into two groups. Group A include fifty patients of end stage renal disease on regular haemodialysis and group B include fifty normal healthy individuals as control. Two ml of blood was drawn by venepuncture, one ml for complete blood examination and one ml for serum folate level. Results: A significant decrease in folate level was observed in end stage renal disease patients on regular haemodialysis as compared to control group. Conclusion: By measuring serum folate level in patients on regular haemodialysis we can manage anaemia due to folate deficiency.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Sirhindi, Ghazanfar Ali and Alam, Saadia Shahzad and Riaz Shah, Shahida Amjad and Asif, Javed and Izhar, Mateen and Khan, Abdul Hameed and Hussain, Shahid and Farooq, Muhammad and farooq, Muhammad}, year={2016}, month={Apr.} }