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What is Hemodialysis?

Hemodialysis is a method for removing waste products such as creatinine and urea, as well as free water from the blood when the kidneys are in renal failure.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Kidney Failure 29 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Kidney Transplant 6 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Acute Renal Failure 6 1 Efficacy_major
Kidney transplant rejection and organ removal 6 1 Efficacy_major
Chronic Kidney Disease 5 0
General health 2 1 Efficacy_major

See all 42 patients currently having Hemodialysis

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 9
Mild
 7
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hemodialysis

Fatigue 4
Cramps 1
Nausea 1
Cramps in calf muscles 1
Chills/fever 1
Headaches 1
See all 21 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hemodialysis

Always
 20 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hemodialysis

Very
 4 20%
Somewhat
 10 50%
A little
 3 15%
Not at all
 3 15%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hemodialysis

$200+
 2 15%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 11 85%

Report created on May 26, 2012.