مقايسه تهوع و استفراغ ضمن همودياليز در دو وضعيت خوابيده به پشت و نيمه نشسته

Comparison on nausea & vomiting between supine and semi fowler position during hemodialysis

Background and purpose: The most common treatment used for end-stage renal diseas e (ESRD) is hemodialysis. Although, this treatment caused may promote longevity, however, many complications may occur, such as nausea & vomiting. Body position during hemod ialysis has an effect on nausea & vomiting episodes, patients who may lay in Semi fowler position during hemodialysis are able to communicate with circumstances comfortably, furthermore, with inner organ self arrangement into body in a semi-fowler position, the stomach discharges quickly. In this study, we assessed nausea & vomiting during hemodialysis, in two supine and semi fowler posit ion. Materials and methods: In this quasi-experimental study, one group (pre -post test),45 patients under hemodialysis in Zabol City, were placed in two positions and in each position, which took two sessions, controlled indexes for nausea and vomiting within each half hour and if changes occurred, in that moment controlled appeared. Results: Nausea incidence, during hemodialysis did not have a significant difference within the two positions. Vilkaksons test showed significant difference (P