EVALUATION OF HEMODIALYSED PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT : DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH

In our study, we aimed to investigate the demographic data, clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who were admitted to haemodialysis from the emergency department for any reason. In this study, the demographic data, clinical characteristics, emergency dialysis indication, laboratory values and hospitalisation status of the patients who applied to the emergency department Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine Hospital and for whom emergency haemodialysis was indicated were retrospectively evaluated. Statistical calculations were examined using IBM SPSS 26 software. A total of 127 patients, 59.1% (n=75) of whom were male, were included in our study. The median age of the patients was 67 (55-77) years. Although the complaints on admission varied, the most common complaint was general condıtıon dısorder with 19.7% (n=25) and the least common complaint was chest pain (3.1%) (n=4).37.8% (n=48) of the patients had no comorbidities, 45.7% (n=58) had chronic kidney disease (CKD), 33.9% (n=43) had hypertension (HT).The indication for dialysis was most common in 56.7% (n=72). 7% (n=72) had acute renal injury (AKI).Creatine (Cre) was 5.77 mg/dl (4.36-7.96), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was 93.50 (mg/dl) (64-128.20).71.7% (n=91) of the patients were dialysed for the first time, 72.4% (n=92) had catheter insertion under emergency conditions and 47.2% (n=60) of the dialysed patients were hospitalised in intensive care unit. It was observed that the majority of patients who underwent dialysis in emergency departments were due to AKI and the majority of these patients were catheterised and hospitalised in emergency departments.