بررسي عوارض عصبي ناشي از همودياليز در بيماران دياليزي

Study on neurological complications in dialysis patients

Introduction: Hemodialysis is con .idered as a routin treatment for end stag renal disease (ESRD). However ʹever I arly omplication such as headache naus ea & vomiting seizure, etc. are b rbed. Dementia is also a late and rare but fatal complicati n. herefore, we carried out a study to fined out a bethelʹ way to reduce these complications. Methods & materials: In a cross se tional study 120 patients treated with dialysis were naurologically examined and their blood samples were checked for Sodium (Na) and Blood urea nitrog n BU ) be re and after dialysis. The results of the tests were statistically analysed in SPSS software u ing X2 & student t-test. Result: Out of 120 patients, 56 46.7%) had no dialysis complication but the rest of patients had complications as follows: headache 54 (45%) Nausea and vomiting 31 (25.8%), agitation 21 17.5%), uncon ciousness 12 (10%), seizure 5 (4.2%) and dementia 3 (2.8%). The patients with dementia had dialysis experience mor than 52 months. The results showed signi ficant relationship between complications and beginning of dialysis (p0.05). Con lusion: those patients with tend ncy to dialysis n plication ialysis disequilib rium syndrome) are recommend have dialy is with lower speed and f r the adequacy of dialysis shorter period but frequ nt dialy i is suge ted. ince aluminum ion is cons idered as the agen for path gene. is of d mentia. furtl er tudies need to be arried out to identify the pathogenesi .