Perfil dos pacientes renais crônicos submetidos à hemodiálise em cidade do sertão paraibano.

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease is characterized by irreversible loss of renal function, whose treatment Of choice in advanced stages is dialysis therapy through hemodialysis. The overall goal The purpose of this paper is to describe the profile of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis in the Paraiba sertão. The specific objectives are: to describe the demographic characteristics, the possible etiological factors of chronic kidney disease, the results of the main laboratory tests and the prevalence of morbidities associated with kidney disease in hemodialysis patients. A cross-sectional, descriptive research was performed. and quantitative approach performed with 50 patients with kidney disease treated in a hemodialysis clinic of a hospital in Cajazeiras-PB. There was a predominance of individuals aged between 50 and 60 years (56%), male (62%), brown (52%), married (64%), with low education (84%), retired (48%), with two-income family income coming from surrounding cities to Cajazeiras (62%). The etiologies of the disease most commonly reported chronic renal failure were hypertension (52%) and diabetes mellitus (24%), with average time of diagnosis 59.08 months. Most had more than four years of therapy. dialytic Serum albumin, calcium and phosphorus levels varied in most cases from 3.0g / dl to 4.0g / dl, 1.1mmol / l to 1.3mmol / l and 4.0mg / dl to 6.0mg / dl, respectively. The results This study suggests the importance of knowing the patients' profile for planning and proper follow-up of chronic kidney disease.