Time to recovery after a hemodialysis session: impact of selected variables
Kwabena T. Awuah, Bayode A. Afolalu, Usama T. Hussein, Radu R. Raducu, Amenuve M. Bekui и Fredric O. Finkelstein
The health-related quality of life of patients receiving continuous hemodialysis is observed to decrease. One of the contributing factors is the long recovery process after a regular HD session. This study was designed to assess post-session recovery time in patients receiving standard continuous hemodialysis 3 times a week and to research clinical and demographic factors influencing that time.
Methods
267 patients were monitored during 3 consecutive HD sessions (standard hemodialysis three times a week). Patients were asked how long it took them to recover from the previous session. Demographic and clinical data, as well as previous hemodialysis session were studied in detail.
Results
The average age was 66.4 ± 15.7 years, the average duration of RRT was 40.1 ± 37.6 months. The average recovery time is 246 ± 451 minutes. Multivariate regression analysis including age, sex, number of comorbidities, number of months of renal replacement therapy, occurrence of hypotension during dialysis, volume of ultrafiltrate, and duration of dialysis session showed that none of these independent factors which significantly associated with post-session recovery time were not connected.
Final result
This study is important because it shows that the recovery time after a hemodialysis session is not associated with various demographic and clinical factors.
