HAEMODIALYSIS

Maintenance haemodialysis.

In a group of 32 patients with terminal renal failure the initial hypocalcaemia was corrected after two months' adequate maintenance haemodialysis. In seven patients hypercalcaemia occurred with a peak incidence after about six months' treatment. In six of these patients hypercalcaemia was transient and the plasma calcium became normal with haemodialysis alone. In one patient the hypercalcaemia...

Con: Frequent haemodialysis for all chronic haemodialysis patients.

Frequent haemodialysis (HD) regimens have been proposed with the aim to improve survival and other important patient outcomes. They indeed avoid the long interdialytic interval and have been associated with some proven benefits, i.e. an improvement in blood pressure and phosphataemia control, a reduction in left ventricular mass and lower ultrafiltration rates. However, the actual impact of fre...

Successful Treatment of Ethylene Glycol Poisoning with Haemodialysis

Home Haemodialysis and Haemodiafiltration

There has been a resurgence in home haemodialysis over the last decade and interest in online haemodiafiltration in gaining momentum with advances in technology and the results of recent clinical trials. Both increasing haemodialysis frequency and treatment time have a number of potential benefits in improving dialysis efficiency and are ideally placed in the home setting. This chapter describe...

Complications During Haemodialysis

Aim: To determine the frequency of different complications during haemodialysis. Methods: This prospective study was conducted at Nephrology section of Nishtar Hospital, Multan from July 2012 to January 2013. A total of 227 patients were included in the study. Results: The most frequently observed complications were depressive illness, vomiting, fever, itching and hypotension. The causative rel...