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Excess fluid volume: sociodemographic and clinical analysis in haemodialysis patients

Excesso de volume de líquidos: análise clínica e sociodemográfica em pacientes de hemodiálise

El exceso de volumen de líquido: el análisis sociodemográfico y clínico en pacientes en hemodiálisis

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To analyse the defining characteristics and related factors in the nursing diagnosis Excess fluid volume and its relationship to sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis patients.

Method:

Cross-sectional study, conducted using a form and physical examination, with a sample of 100 patients, between December 2012 and April 2013 at a university hospital and a dialysis clinic.

Results:

It was found 10 significant statistical associations between the defining characteristics/ related factors of Excess fluid volume and the sociodemographic and clinical variables.

Conclusion:

The defining characteristics and related factors of Excess fluid volume could be influenced by sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis clientele.

Descriptors:
Nursing Diagnosis; Renal Dialysis; Body Fluids; Signs and Symptoms; Nursing

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