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Abstract: PO1095

Incidence of Intradialytic Hypotension Throughout a Hemodialysis Session: Does the Time of Onset Matter?

Session Information

Category: Dialysis

  • 701 Dialysis: Hemodialysis and Frequent Dialysis

Authors

  • Keane, David Francis, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
  • Raimann, Jochen G., Renal Research Institute, New York, New York, United States
  • Zhang, Hanjie, Renal Research Institute, New York, New York, United States
  • Thijssen, Stephan, Renal Research Institute, New York, New York, United States
  • Willetts, Joanna, Fresenius Medical Care Global Medical Affairs, United States, Massachusetts, United States
  • Kotanko, Peter, Renal Research Institute, New York, New York, United States
Background

Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a common complication of hemodialysis (HD). Probability of IDH would be expected to increase during HD as removed ultrafiltration (UF) volumes increase. We aimed to describe the incidence of IDH throughout HD and associations of the time of IDH with clinical parameters and with survival.

Methods

We studied routinely collected data from 21 US dialysis clinics. IDH was defined as: 1) systolic blood pressure (SBP) < 90 mmHg; and 2) SBP< 90 mmHg and a reduction in SBP > 30 mmHg. Only the first IDH incident per session was included. Time of IDH was defined in 30-minute intervals. Patients who experienced IDH were classed as early- or late-onset based on whether most sessions with IDH had incidents in the first 2 hours or not. Association of early-onset IDH with clinical parameters and mortality were explored with logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard models.

Results

We studied 4,348 patients and 785,682 sessions. For definitions 1 and 2, IDH occurred in 13% and 7% of treatments with a range of 2.6-3.3 and 0.9-2.7 episodes per 100 session-intervals at risk, respectively. IDH occurred in the first 2 hours in 45% and 33% of IDH sessions, respectively. IDH incidence was not associated with time into HD using definition 1; a positive association was observed using definition 2. Adjusted hazard ratios for death comparing early-onset IDH with late-onset were 1.5 and 1.7 for definitions 1 and 2. Early-onset IDH was associated with female sex, higher age and UF rates and lower BMI and SBP.

Conclusion

Early-onset IDH is not uncommon. More consideration of the nature and time of IDH onset, in the context of how it is defined, could help to minimize IDH.

IDH episodes per 100 session-intervals at risk with time into HD session