Dialysis adequacy in chronic hemodialysis patients in educational center Vali-Asr in Birjand

In present more than one million people in world doing hemodialysis, This study do to determine adequacy of dialysis in hemodialysis patients Vali-Asr Hospital in Birjand. Descriptive cross- sectional and 50 dialysis patients six months after they started dialysis were selected. The questionnaire measured individual data and recorded the weight before and after dialysis and blood urea before and after dialysis within a minute of slow blood to 50 ml of blood from the patient's body and back venus. Then, measured URR and Kt/V, the distribution of patients in three part low, moderate and high adequacy of dialysis. Statistical analysis were used by descriptive statistics and SPSS software. The mean age were 47.70 ± 16.72 years, weight before dialysis 58.2 ± 12.36 and after hemodialysis 56.2 ± 12.22 kg, mean BMI 21.40, urea before dialysis was 140.42 ± 37.92, urea after dialysis was 52.32 ± 16.75 mg dl. 70 percent of patients was Kt/V 0.9-1.2 and 66 percent URR between 61 and 70 percent that had a relatively good level of adequacy of dialysis. mean total Kt/V of patients were 1.17 and URR 62.8 percent. Between BMI, the average pump blood, sex patients and the number of time of dialysis at week with dialysis adequacy were significant relationship (P < 0.05). Prevention of ESRD at the community level and attention to details such as the choise strategy to increase hours of dialysis, filter type and time of dialysis at week is important in dialysis wards.