The Effect of Food Intake During Hemodialysis on Blood Pressure

Launched by MELEK AVCI · Jun 1, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Researchers monitored the patients in two hemodialysis sessions; first meeting (T0) and second meeting (T1) which is one week later from T0. In the first meeting which is ''hemodialysis in fed state'', they ate the standard food (in clinic routine) served by the clinic at regular hours which means routine care of hemodialysis clinic. In the second meeting patients did not eat anything during hemodialysis which means intervention part of the study. Both hemodyalisis in fed and fasting state, researchers recorded patient's blood pressure were monitozied in the mid-hemodiyalsis sessions. Patie...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Being over the age of 18
• • Having CKD and being in the hemodialysis program
• • Having the ability to understand and speak
• • Being on HD treatment for 6 months or longer
• • Weight gain of 4 kg or less between two HD sessions
• • Standard HD is applied 3 days a week for 4 hours
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • The patient's communication difficulties, speech and understanding deterioration,
• • Being on dialysis for less than 6 months,
• • Interdialytic weight gain of more than 4kg,
• • The patient is not suitable for blood pressure measurement from the arm,
• • The patient used antihypertensive before HD,
• • Entering HD less than or more than 3 days a week,
• • More or less than 4 hours of HD input.