Frequency of acute complications during haemodialysis

Object: to find out frequency of various acute complications during haemodialysis. study design: prospective study. place & duration: the haemodialysis unit of isra university hospital,hyderabad,over period of 27 months,november 2010 to january 2013. methodology: the patients of end stage renal disease and advance acute renal failure provided dialysis and observed for any acute complication during haemodialysis. result: in total 176 patients,male were 166 (66%) and female were 60 (34%). a total of 2171 haemodialysis session were performed. hypotension was observed during 12 (5.84%) dialysis session,hypertension in 77 (3.54%) session. vomiting in 70 (3.22%),muscles cramps in 67 (3.08%),fever in 33 (1.52%),headache in 20 (0.9%) and chest pain 21 (0.96%) dialysis sessions. conclusion: haemodialysis is a life saving treatment procedure but it is not without complications and frequent complication are hypotension,hypertension,muscle cramps and vomiting.