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Pain in hemodialysis patients is not valued in its entirety and does not take into account the limitations resulting
in the quality of life of these patients.
We performed an observational study, which analyzed the degree of pain, that suffers a patient undergoing
hemodialysis, when is punctured his arteriovenous fistule. To do this we compare the pain that occurred before the puncture if we used one of three methods: anaesthetic cream (Emla ®), PLACEBO (moisturizer)
and ICE. We also assessed whether a method interferes dialysis parameters during the session.
We studied 28 patients (23 men and 5 women) carrying fistula. The variables measured were pain (VAS), blood
flow, blood pressure, venous pressure and clotting time.
These variables were collected during the three-week duration of the study (36 sessions of hemodialysis)
graphs. 36 were analyzed hemodialysis sessions using a graph on one hand we observed that the used method is
statistically signifi cant (p- value, p = 0.004), on the other hand, no signifi cant differences between the used
method and the remaining parameters contained in the hemodialysis session (p=0.194, p=0.278, p=0.902, p=0.445). With regard to the used method patients chose as best method Emla ® with 67.86%.
According to the data we can conclude that there are no statistical differences in the studied variables. Emla ® using
gets better result in terms of pain, but does not change any other parameters like the other two methods.
in the quality of life of these patients.
We performed an observational study, which analyzed the degree of pain, that suffers a patient undergoing
hemodialysis, when is punctured his arteriovenous fistule. To do this we compare the pain that occurred before the puncture if we used one of three methods: anaesthetic cream (Emla ®), PLACEBO (moisturizer)
and ICE. We also assessed whether a method interferes dialysis parameters during the session.
We studied 28 patients (23 men and 5 women) carrying fistula. The variables measured were pain (VAS), blood
flow, blood pressure, venous pressure and clotting time.
These variables were collected during the three-week duration of the study (36 sessions of hemodialysis)
graphs. 36 were analyzed hemodialysis sessions using a graph on one hand we observed that the used method is
statistically signifi cant (p- value, p = 0.004), on the other hand, no signifi cant differences between the used
method and the remaining parameters contained in the hemodialysis session (p=0.194, p=0.278, p=0.902, p=0.445). With regard to the used method patients chose as best method Emla ® with 67.86%.
According to the data we can conclude that there are no statistical differences in the studied variables. Emla ® using
gets better result in terms of pain, but does not change any other parameters like the other two methods.
Keywords
PAIN
FISTULE NEEDLE ARTERIOVENOUS
EMLA
DIALYSIS
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Ahís Tomás P, Peris Ambou IC, Pérez Baylach CM, Castelló Benavent J, Novas A. Pain assessment in arteriovenous fi stula puncture for haemodialysis comparing anaesthetic ointment with locally applied cold. Enferm Nefrol [Internet]. 2014 [cited 2025 Apr 30];17(1):[about 5 p.]. Available from: https://www.enfermerianefrologica.com/revista/article/view/4226