• Nurten Ozen and Tugba Cepken.
• Florence Nightingale Hospital School of Nursing, Demiroglu Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey. ozenurten@yahoo.com.tr.
• Ir J Med Sci. 2020 Nov 1; 189 (4): 1471-1476.

IntroductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate intradialytic hypotension (IDH) prevalence, influencing factors, and nursing interventions in hemodialysis (HD) patients.MethodsThis descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted at a private dialysis center. The patients were followed-up in terms of IDH development based on the European Best Practice Guidelines criteria during six consecutive HD sessions. The study followed the STROBE checklist.ResultsA total of 744 hemodialysis sessions of 124 patients were monitored. IDH developed in 51.6% of the patients and the prevalence was 17.60%. The most common nursing interventions were stopping ultrafiltration and isotonic saline solution administration. White blood cell (WBC) (p = 0.017) and creatinine (p = 0.005) values were statistically significantly higher in patients developing IDH. WBC was found to increase IDH development risk 0.796 times (95% CI [0.657-0.996], p = 0.021).ConclusionNursing staff awareness regarding the frequency of IDH in hemodialysis patients and the related symptoms needs to be increased.

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