Hypotensive crises: identifying the high-risk patient on hemodialysis.
Hypotensive crises in patients on hemodialysis remains a substantial problem for both patient and nurse. Awareness of its causes, research-develop assessment tools, and their application in the field may minimize this problem. Nurses play a prominent role in a patient's hypotensive crisis by administering, monitoring, and evaluating the effectiveness of intervention measures used to reverse this hemodynamic state. This study has provided a nursing assessment tool that will enable nurses to predict systolic risk levels and aid them in deciding when to initiate intervention measures.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000451:nursing*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012306:Risk; D013599:Systole