scholarly journals Acute Intradialytic Complications in End Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (187) ◽  
Author(s):  
R K Agrawal ◽  
S Khakurel ◽  
R Hada ◽  
D Shrestha ◽  
A Baral

Introduction: Hemodialysis is the preferred method of treatment for Nepalese patients with End Stage Renal Disease. Despite the technological advances and better understanding of physiology associated with hemodialysis, a number of complications are known to be associated with hemodialysis. This study was undertaken to study the frequency of acute intradialytic complications in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Nephrology unit of a tertiary care hospital from 15 June, 2007 to 15 December, 2007. A total of 28 patients were included in the study. Patients with acute renal failure and acute on chronic renal failure were excluded from the study. Results: Total sessions of hemodialysis during the period were 1455. Hypotensive episode were 66 (4.5%) and was the commonest complication and followed by hypertensive episodes were 58 (3.8%). Other problems encountered were transfusion reactions were 23 episodes (1.5%), rigors not related to transfusions were 13 episodes (0.8%), nausea/vomiting were 20 episodes (1.4%), muscle cramps were 12 episodes (0.8%), hypoglycemia were 6 episodes 5(0.4%). Conclusions: The frequency of intradialytic complications is low and many of them are not life threatening. Keywords: complications; end stage renal disease; hemodialysis; hypertension; hypotension.

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (226) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kajan Raj Shrestha ◽  
Dinesh Gurung ◽  
Uttam Krishna Shrestha

Introduction: Arteriovenous fistula is the most common vascular access for patients requiringhemodialysis, but it is not always possible or practical hence cuffed tunneled dialysis cathetercomes into play. The aim of the study was to determine the outcome of cuffed tunneled dialysiscatheter used for hemodialysis at a teaching hospital. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between January 2014 and December2019 on 103 chronic dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease presenting to a tertiary carehospital. Ethical approval was received from the institutional review board (2/(6-11) E2/076/77).Whole sampling was done. Data entry and analysis were done in Microsoft Excel 10. Results: The study included 103 patients with 117 cuffed tunneled dialysis catheters placed forhemodialysis. On assessing the outcome of the catheters, the primary and secondary patencyrates of the catheters were 5.85±4.87 and 1.21±3.77 months. Thirty-one (30.1%) patients requiredone intervention, and 11 (10.68%) catheters required 3 or more interventions to maintain patency.Eighteen (17.48%) patients presented with catheter dysfunction while in 11 (10.68%) cases, thecatheter was kinked or malpositioned at the notch. In one patient, procedure was abandoned dueto severe bleeding and in 2 (1.94%) patients dialysis catheters could not be negotiated into the rightatrium and left in brachiocephalic junction. Conclusions: Cuffed tunneled dialysis catheter is effective for maintenance hemodialysis in patientswith the end-stage renal disease if used with proper care during dialysis even in our setup. Theresults and outcomes of the procedure are at par with standards.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Rizwan Channa ◽  

Objective: To determine the depression in end stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis at Liaquat University Hospital. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Settings: Department of Medicine & Nephrology at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad Pakistan. Duration: Six months from February 2015 to January 2016. Methodology: All the Male or Female of age 14-70 years having ESRD patients on maintenance hemodialysis for >3 months period were included. Questionnaire proforma was filled and patient who score 5 or more on depression scale were labeled as positive for depression. An informed written consent for the study was obtained from the patients and their relatives. All the data was recorded on a pre-designed proforma. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Results: The mean age of patients was 52.21±7.90 years. There were 69.9% males and 30.1% female patients. Out of all 35.8% patients were employed while 64.2% patients were unemployed. Most of the patients 92.3% were married and 7.7% were unmarried. The depression in patients with end stage renal disease was found in 47.2%patients. Conclusion: The frequency of depression in end stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis at Liaquat University Hospital was found to be higher as 47.2%. However, there is need to involve the expert Psychiatrists to cope with this higher problem of depression to improve their quality of life by giving them additional anti-depressant along with hemodialysis.


Author(s):  
Kareem Mohsin Yousif ◽  
Hamid Obaid Khadhim Al Jaaed

Background: End stage renal disease (ESRD) is irreversible loss of renal function which is physiologically defined by a GFR of less than 15 ml / minute. ESRD is associated with a higher incidence of coronary artery disease and serious arrhythmia especially ventricular arrhythmia. The goal of study is to determine whether ESRD and haemodialysis (HD)are associated with occurrence of significant electrocardiogram (ECG) changes or not.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study design which involved 22 patients with ESRD on regular HD in Al Sadre teaching hospital / Al Najaf. Both sexes was included in this study. All patients underwent full medical history and examination which included the following aspects: Age, Sex, Occupation, BP, HR, RBS, B.urea, S.creatinine , Serum electrolyte (Na+, K+, Cl-, Ca++), Lipid profile (Cholesterol , Triglyceride, HDL, LDL), Duration of CRF, Duration of dialysis, Social history including (smoking, alcohol) and Drug used by the patient. Resting EGC and Hotler ECG.Results: Eighteen patients exhibited emergence of simple ectopic activity premature atrial complex (PAC) and premature ventricular complex (PVC) events and four patients exhibited (ST,T changes). Potentially lethal arrhythmias and other serious ECG changes are not detected in our patient’s sample.Conclusion: In this study, neither ESRD nor haemodialysis were associated with development of serious ECG changes or emergence of significant arrhythmia.


2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 620-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Afifi ◽  
M. El Setouhy ◽  
M. El Sharkawy ◽  
M. Ali ◽  
H. Ahmed ◽  
...  

The prevalence of diabetic nephropathy as a cause of end-stage renal disease [ESRD] in Egypt has been examined in small cross-sectional studies, with conflicting results. The need for a large-scale study prompted us to perform this 6-year multiple cross-sectional study. A sample of ESRD patients enrolled in the Egyptian renal data system was evaluated during the period 1996-2001 for the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy. Prevalence gradually increased from 8.9% in 1996, to 14.5% in 2001. The mean age of patients with diabetic nephropathy was significantly higher than that of patients with ESRD from other causes. Mortality was also significantly higher in diabetic patients with ESRD


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