Emergencies in dialysis patients.
Specific emergencies occur in patients maintained on hemodialysis that often require evaluation and treatment in the emergency department, including infection of the access, cardiovascular disease, blood pressure abnormalities, pericarditis, cardiac arrhythmias and headache. Specific recommendations for treatment are presented.
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects