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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey

On-line version ISSN 1025-0255

Abstract

GONZALEZ-COCA, Dayana Bárbara et al. Morbidity in hemodialyzed patients. AMC [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.4, e7447.  Epub Aug 01, 2020. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background:

every day the number of patients with chronic kidney disease increases, tributaries of hemodialysis, a procedure that is not exempt from complications due to the complexity of its realization, in which the environment and conditions of the hemodialysis unit intervene, the quality of the water used for it and the proper functioning of the water treatment plant.

Objective:

to characterize the infectious morbidity of patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, prospective study was carried out. The study population consisted of 85 patients with chronic kidney disease receiving hemodialysis in University General Hospital Camilo Cienfuegos of Sancti Spíritus from October 1st, 2016 to March 31st, 2018.

Results:

the largest number of hemodialysis cases corresponded to the age group over 60 years of the male gender. The environmental and microbiological factors indicated that the quality of the water used in the process of care of hemodialysis patients was satisfactory and the risk of risk in the treatment plant, in the low risk category. According to the type of vascular access to the patient, the most frequently used route was the transient catheter and the highest infectious morbidity.

Conclusions:

most of the cases were over 60 years old, of the male gender, the water quality was satisfactory and low risk in the treatment plant, and the transient catheter was used more frequently, who presented the highest proportion of associated infections.

Keywords : RENAL DIALYSIS/methods; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC/complications; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

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