Muscle Cramps During Hemodialysis: What can we Do? New Approachs for Treatment and Preventing

Memnune Sena Ulu; Ahmet Ahsen

doi:10.15197/ejgm.01391

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Memnune Sena Ulu ¹ ^* , Ahmet Ahsen ¹

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrolog, Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey^* Corresponding Author

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Muscle cramps are the most prevalent intradialytic complication and an important difficulty for patients. The frequency of muscle cramps is about 35-86% during haemodialysis. Excessive ultrafiltration, intradialytic hypotension, electrolyte-mineral disturbances , hypoosmolality are the most frequent causes. Muscle cramps can be treated by isotonic-hypertonic saline or hypertonic dextrose solutions. Also, preventing hypotension, profiling sodium, vitamin E and C can be used to prevent. There are new advances to treat and prevent this inconvenience, and we aimed to rewiev the causes and approachs for treatment and preventing muscle cramps during hemodialysis.

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muscle cramps
hemodialysis
end stage renal disease

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EUR J GEN MED, 2015, Volume 12, Issue 3, 277-281

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Ulu MS, Ahsen A. Muscle Cramps During Hemodialysis: What can we Do? New Approachs for Treatment and Preventing. EUR J GEN MED. 2015;12(3):277-81. https://doi.org/10.15197/ejgm.01391

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Ulu, M. S., & Ahsen, A. (2015). Muscle Cramps During Hemodialysis: What can we Do? New Approachs for Treatment and Preventing. European Journal of General Medicine, 12(3), 277-281. https://doi.org/10.15197/ejgm.01391

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Ulu MS, Ahsen A. Muscle Cramps During Hemodialysis: What can we Do? New Approachs for Treatment and Preventing. EUR J GEN MED. 2015;12(3), 277-281. https://doi.org/10.15197/ejgm.01391

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Ulu, Memnune Sena, and Ahmet Ahsen. "Muscle Cramps During Hemodialysis: What can we Do? New Approachs for Treatment and Preventing". European Journal of General Medicine 2015 12 no. 3 (2015): 277-281. https://doi.org/10.15197/ejgm.01391

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Ulu, M. S., and Ahsen, A. (2015). Muscle Cramps During Hemodialysis: What can we Do? New Approachs for Treatment and Preventing. European Journal of General Medicine, 12(3), pp. 277-281. https://doi.org/10.15197/ejgm.01391

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Ulu, Memnune Sena et al. "Muscle Cramps During Hemodialysis: What can we Do? New Approachs for Treatment and Preventing". European Journal of General Medicine, vol. 12, no. 3, 2015, pp. 277-281. https://doi.org/10.15197/ejgm.01391

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