The time of onset of intradialytic hypotension during a hemodialysis session associates with clinical parameters and mortality.

Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a common complication of hemodialysis, but there is no data about the time of onset during treatment. Here we describe the incidence of IDH throughout hemodialysis and associations of time of hypotension with clinical parameters and survival by analyzing data from 21 dialysis clinics in the United States to include 785682 treatments from 4348 patients. IDH was defined as a systolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or under while IDH incidence was calculated in 30-minute intervals throughout the hemodialysis session.
Source: Kidney International - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: clinical investigation Source Type: research