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Home Handbooks Dialysis Handbook

Dialysis Handbook

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Welcome to the Edren Dialysis Handbook.  This contains Edinburgh’s internal protocols, written for a professional audience.  (See also our other unit handbooks for general renal, transplant and prescribing protocols.)  Contents are listed below:

  • Dialysis unit protocols
    • Emergencies on dialysis
      • Analphylaxis
      • Air embolism
      • Cardiac arrest
    • Acute problems on dialysis
      • Bleeding fistula
      • Blocked tunnelled line
      • Chest pain
      • Cramps
      • Fever on dialysis
      • Hypoglycaemia
      • Hypotension on dialysis
      • Infected fistula or graft
      • Line inadvertently disconnected
      • Needle dislodged
    • Routine dialysis care
      • Fluid assessment
      • Hb not in range on routine bloods
      • Hypertension on dialysis
      • Hyperkalaemia on routine bloods
  • Dialysis (more information)
    • CRRT
    • Foreign travel for dialysis patients
    • Haemodialysis
    • Haemodialysis Catheter (Tunneled Line) Infections
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Preparing for Renal Replacement Therapy
    • Vascular access
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