Nursing of elderly uremia patients receiving hematodialysis

Objective: To sum up the experience in nursing elderly uremia patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis to improve their living quality.Methods: Eighty-six cases of elderly uremia patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis in our hospital were applied individual nursing care.Results: Forty-four cases ceased dialysis for some reason,2 cases changed to peritoneum dialysis,17 cases died of heart failure,cerebral hemorrhage,cardiac infarction,lung infection or other complications,and 23 cases were still receiving maintaining dialysis.Conclusions: Patients receiving maintenance dialysis are easy to develop complications.The key to improving the quality of maintenance dialysis and prolonging the life of the patients are providing psychological nursing during the whole hemato dialysis course,monitoring the changes of the disease closely,managing the complications promptly and strengthening the guide and management of their diet.