Factores de riesgo y complicaciones en pacientes sometidos a hemodiálisis en la Unidad de Hemodiálisis del Hospital General Isidro Ayora de Loja en el año 2015

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this investigation is to determine the risk factors and complications in patients subjected to hemodialysis in the Hemodialysis Unit of the Hospital General Isidro Ayora de Loja in the year 2015. The study is descriptive and cross-sectional, considering the medical records of 129 patients that were subjected to hemodialysis, determining the frequency of risk factors, complications and the relationship between them. The most frequent risk factors were the age between the range of 55 to 64 years (50%), >65 years (26%), male (54%); chronic anemia (40%), arterial hypertension (37%), diabetes mellitus (37%), arterial hypertension beside diabetes mellitus (26%) and the hypoalbuminemia (12%); the most frequent complications were neurological imbalance syndrome (58%), depression (53%), pain (33%), muscle cramps (32%), infections (23%), hyperkalemia (6%), anaphylactic reactions (6%), Hypoxemia (2%) and heart failure (2%)