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Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas
On-line version ISSN 1729-519X
Abstract
ALVAREZ GONZALEZ, Yanet; RIVAS SIERRA, Roberto A; BOHORQUES RODRIGUEZ, Raúl and GUTIERREZ GARCIA, Francisco. Hemodialysis of urgency in the institute of nephrology Abelardo Buch Doctor 2010. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.3, pp. 305-309. ISSN 1729-519X.
All the patients who received urgent hemodialysis at the intensive care unit of the Nephrology Institute «Dr Abelardo Buch» in the period of March 1st to September 30th 2010 were studied through out an observational descriptive method of transversal cut. Every medical history and nursing register related to these urgent hemodialysis were carefully studied in order to determine the causes that provoked them and their ulterior behavior. It was used the statistical technique of analysis of frequency distributions and the absolute and relative frequencies were calculated. This technique came to show that of 44 patients most of them were female of white race with an age between 40 and 69 years. The most frequent base illness was hypertension. Hypervolemia and Hyperazoemia were the most suggesting causes for urgent hemodialysis. There were not significant complications.
Keywords : Urgency of hemodialysis; hyperazoemia; hyperpotasemia; metabolic acidosis.