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Introducción: La hemodiálisis es el tratamiento sustitutivo más empleado en fases avanzadas de enfermedad renal, aunque conlleva efectos adversos que afectan directamente la calidad de vida. Entre ellos destaca la fatiga postdiálisis, una sensación persistente de agotamiento que puede prolongarse durante horas o días, y cuyo impacto ha sido escasamente documentado.
Objetivos: Estimar la frecuencia de fatiga postdiálisis y el tiempo de recuperación en pacientes en hemodiálisis crónica, analizando variables clínicas, funcionales y subjetivas asociadas.
Material y Método: Estudio transversal realizado entre enero y abril de 2023 en un hospital público español. Se incluyeron pacientes con más de tres meses en tratamiento. Se recogieron datos demográficos, clínicos, funcionales, técnicos y percepciones de salud. La fatiga se definió por autorreporte. Se aplicaron análisis descriptivos y bivariantes.
Resultados: Se incluyeron 43 pacientes, con una edad media de 67,4 años, siendo .el 28% mujeres. El 53,5% reportaron fatiga postdiálisis, sin encontrar diferencias significativas por edad o sexo. Los pacientes que presentaron fatiga postdiálisis presentaron un mayor tiempo medio de recuperación (467,9±194,4 frente a 66,3±137,0 minutos; p<0,001), niveles más bajos de proteínas totales (6,1 frente a 6,5 g/L; p=0,022) y peor autopercepción de salud (p=0,026). No se hallaron asociaciones con otras variables clínicas ni técnicas.
Conclusiones: La fatiga postdiálisis es un evento frecuente y se asocia a mayor tiempo de recuperación y a marcadores clínicos y subjetivos de peor estado general. Su evaluación sistemática podría mejorar el abordaje integral del paciente en hemodiálisis.
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Romagnani P, Remuzzi G, Glassock R, Levin A, Jager KJ, Tonelli M, et al. Chronic kidney disease. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 2017;3. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2017.88
Bikbov B, Purcell CA, Levey AS, Smith M, Abdoli A, Abebe M, et al. Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2020;395:709-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30045-3
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Himmelfarb J, Vanholder R, Mehrotra R, Tonelli M. The current and future landscape of dialysis. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 2020;16:573-85.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-020-0315-4
Johansen KL, Chertow GM, Foley RN, Gilbertson DT, Herzog CA, Ishani A, et al. US Renal Data System 2020 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States. American Journal of Kidney Diseases.2021;77:A78. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.01.002
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Daugirdas JT. Pathophysiology of dialysis hypotension: An update. American Journal of Kidney Diseases.2001;38:S11-7. https://doi.org/10.1053/ajkd.2001.28090
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Weldring T, Smith SMS. Article Commentary: Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). Health Serv Insights. 2013;6:HSI.S11093. https://doi.org/10.4137/HSI.S11093
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Hays RD, Kallich JD, Mapes DL, Coons SJ, Carter WB. Development of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOLTM) Instrument. Quality of Life Research. 1994;3:329-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00451725
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