Abstract

Objective To study the death cause and its correlated factors in maintenance hemodialysis patients in order to adopt the prevention and nursing. Methods To retrospectively analyze the death cause of MHD patient, compare correlated factors with patient who underwent hemodialysis at the same time. Results 26 out of 120 patients underwent HD died from January 2005 to September 2009. Cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease and severe infections were the main death causes in MHD patients; the main correlated risk factor were receiving hemodialysis later, hypertension, fast weight growth, hypohemoglobinemia, hypoalbuminemia. Conclusions It is crucial that assessing blood pressure, receiving hemodialysis earlier, giving effective nursing management, establishing a whole individual set of treatment scheme and nursing plan to reduce the mortality of hemodialysis patients. Key words: Maintenance hemodialysis; End stage renal failure; Analysis the death cause; Nursing

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