ASSESSMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN KIDNEY FAILURE PATIENTS AND THOSE UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS

Chronic kidney disease is a significant public health problem more than 20 million of people worldwide and claims thousands of lives. A prospective observational study was carried out to assess the complications in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing Haemodialysis. The CKD questionnaires was used to collect the data. The sample consists of 200 patients. Data was collected for a period of 6 months September 2018 – February 2019 in Mahaveer Dialysis Centre, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad. Results were documented, various socio demographic and clinical aspects have been analysed in our studies and frequency and duration of dialysis, comorbidities and complications. From our study it is concluded that complications during haemodialysis can be affected by socio-demographic and clinical aspects. Keywords: - CKD Questionnaires, Haemodialysis, Complications