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Table 1 Comparison of patient demographics, dialysis session and pre-dialysis blood tests of the 29 dialysis patients who suffered symptomatic hypotension requiring a nursing intervention vs all other patients who had no nursing interventions (574)

From: Falls in systolic blood pressure during dialysis which require no nursing intervention are associated with increased patient intra-dialytic symptom self-reporting and prolonged post-dialysis recovery times

 

No intervention

Intervention

Male (%)

62.6

24.1**

Age years

64.3 ± 16.3

68.5 ± 13.4

Diabetic (%)

44.6

48.3

White ethnicity (%)

42.9

44.8

Vintage months

33.8 (13.7–67.3)

30.4 (7.8–101)

Frailty

4.0 (3.0–5.0)

5.0 (4.0–6.0)*

Comorbidity grade

1.0 (1.0–1.0)

1.0 (1.0–2.0)*

Distress thermometer

3.0 (0-6.0)

4.0 (2.0–7.0)

Pre-dialysis weight kg

74.5 ± 18.5

65.8 ± 14.6**

Pre-dialysis systolic blood pressure mmHg

145.8 ± 26.0

132.8 ± 29.4**

Dialysis session time hours

3.72 ± 0.52

3.64 ± 0.50

Serum minus dialysate sodium mmol/L

2 (0–4)

1(− 1 to 3)

Dialyzer surface area m2

2.0 ± 0.3

1.9 ± 0.3

% weight loss

2.2 ± 1.4

2.2 ± 1.2

Urea reduction ratio %

72.9 ± 8.9

73.8 ± 14.2

Haematocrit

0.340 ± 0.044

0.349 ± 0.057

Serum albumin g/L

38.5 ± 4.4

36.6 ± 4.3*

C reactive protein mg/L

6.0 (2.9–11.0)

8.0 (5.0–15.0)

Blood glucose mmol/L

6.5 (5.4–8.2)

6.6 (5.4–8.1)

N terminal brain natriuretic peptide ng/L

3565(1545–11,815)

4271 (1825–12,295)

  1. Results displayed as integers, percentage or median and interquartile range, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01