“complicaciones principales que determinan cambio de alternativa de tratamiento clínico a hemodiálisis en pacientes con insuficiencia renal crónica en el hpda Ambato en el periodo noviembre 2011 – enero 2012”

Abstract

Chronic renal failure is a serious health problem that impacts very significantly to those affected their family, society and health services. Since this disease usually begins late in life, is associated with other risk factors and chronic disease development and also progresses slowly, triggers a variety of complications such as hypertension, anemia, malnutrition, disease bone, neuropathy, and decreased quality of life, which can be prevented, or at least reduce its adverse effects, with a treatment in early stages. In the present study analyzes the major complications that determine the change in clinical treatment alternative to hemodialysis in renal insufficient patients, the same is done in the provincial teaching hospital of the city of Ambato.Se is a cross sectional study in which included patients hospitalized in the Internal Medicine Department, with an established diagnosis of CRI. Bringing the total sample of 40 patients without distinction of gender and age of information which we obtained by reviewing medical records. As main findings indicated that most patients have hyperkalemia, uncontrolled anemia, there was an increase in serum creatinine in all patients, and a creatinine clearance of very low concentrations, the study population also presented diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension, which reveals the severity of the symptoms and the need for immediate therapeutic intervention to the study population.