adverse effects of hemodialysis on kidney patients: how good the evidence is

Objective: hemodialysis is a treatment for end stage renal disease (esrd) patients. the incidence of esrd has been increased up to 8% from 2004 to 2011. based on some studies, various complications can occur in hemodialysis process. this study was conducted with the aim of investigating the incidence of adverse side-effects during hemodialysis in kidney patients. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was done in 2015 (05 feb to 12 april) on 142 patients under hemodialysis treatment. data gathering was done by using a researcher-made checklist which was designed by studying authoritative sources. data analysis was done by spss. v.16 using anova and chi-square tests. results: among 142 patients, 51.38% were female and 48.62 of them were male. muscle cramp (72.53%) and bleeding (2.11%) were the most and the least complications that have been attested during hemodialysis respectively. conclusion: according to the various side-effects of hemodialysis process in this study, some actions such as reducing the pump rotation and nutrition education is recommended in order to increase the level of satisfaction in patients.