Outcome of cardiac arrest in patients with end stage renal disease (ERSD) maintaining haemodialysis

Aim: to determine the frequency of outcome of cardiac arrest in patients with end stage renal disease on maintenance haemodialysis. study design: it was a cross sectional survey. duration: from september 2012 to september 2013. method: a total of 50 patients between 40-70 years of either gender and esrd cases of more than 6 months duration on haemodialysis undergoing cardiac arrest were enrolled in the study while subjects with increased bmi(>30kg/m 2),cigarette smoking,and having history of cardiac diseases were excluded from the study to control the effect modifiers. results: age distribution of the patients was done which shows 29(58%) between 40-55 years and 21(42%) were between 56-70 years,mean±sd was calculated as 52.89±3.67. male were recorded 33(66%) while 17(34%) were females. duration of haemodialysis was recorded which shows 22(44%) had 6-12 months while 28(56%) had >12 months duration of haemodialysis. conclusion: frequency of survival rate is higher among patients with cardiac arrest maintaining haemodialysis in end stage renal disease but it is not significantly higher than mortality rate.