The following are the complication of haemodialysis except –
Correct Answer: Hypertension
Description: Ans. is C. o Patients with endstaee renal disease (ESRD) on lone term dialysis therapy have very hi eh mortality due to predominantly cardiovascular causes. # 'Sudden cardiac death is the single most common form o f death in hemodialysis, accounting for 20% to 30 all deaths in this cohort.' o Dialysis patients have extraordinarily high mortality rates with cardie disease accounting for 43 percent deaths in this population. Data indicates that approximately 27% o f the mortalities are due to sudden cardie death. More on cardiovascular complications in dialvsis o Cardiovasucular disease is the major cause of death in ESRD patients and atheroscleroses is present in all long term dialysis patients. o Premature cardiac death has reached epidemic levels in world dialysis population occurring five to ten times as commonly as in age matched general population and accounting for at least half of all patients death. o Hypertension is a major risk factor o Other risk factor are # Hyperphosphetemia and elevated calcium phosphorus with calcium deposition in coronary> arteries. # Anemia # Hypertriglyceridemia # Low HDL cholesterol # Increased lipoprotein (a) # Insulin deficiency or resistance # Hyperhomocysteinemia Also know Complications of dialysis | | Acute complications of hemodialysis Long term complications o Hypotension o Cramps o Nausea and vomiting o Headache o Chest pain o Back pain o Itching o Fever and chills o Cardiovascular o Anemia o Secondary hyperparathyrodism and renal osteodystrophy o Malnutrition o Hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E) o Depression o Dialysis encephalopathy o Malignant tumours o Carpal tunnel symdrome o Uremic neurophty
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