title: How are hemodialysis patients treated in the Lublin region--based on the selected issues of diagnosis and therapy.
abstract: The aim of the paper was to answer the questions about the quality of life of dialysis patients treated in the selected dialysis centres of the Lublin region in relation to the recent quantitative and qualitative breakthrough in dialysis therapy in Poland. The studies including 288 patients of 7 medium-sized centres were performed using the questionnaires filled in by interviewers. The present paper describes the results of analysis of the questions addressed to the centre staff but concerning the way of treatment of a particular patient. The results show that to follow the world-wide trends, chronic dialysis treatment should be of an optimum quality and the methods evaluating it widely propagated. Moreover, much is to be done in the field of the latest diagnostic procedures and therapy of dialysis patients. On the other hand, the technical aspects of dialysis therapy look quite good. To evaluate the changes in the aforementioned processes more accurately, it should be worthy to broaden the studies including the remaining centres of our region and to continue them in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Family Medicine Department, Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mierzicki
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ksiazek
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orłowski
authors.forename: Wojciech T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Załuska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ksiazek
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nowaczyk
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population