PLASMA BETA-ENDORPHIN, PLASMA CORTISOL, PLASMA ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE, AND MOOD IN RENAL FAILURE PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS (OPIODS, STRESS, DIALYSIS).
Contributors: Rush University, College Of Nursing.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Chronic renal failure patients have been shown to exhibit anxiety, anger, confusion, depression and fatigue when treated with hemodialysis. Hemodialysis patients undergo surgery and anesthesia for many reasons including: dialysis access repair, pre-transplant splenectomy as well as surgical interventions not related to their renal dysfunction. Abnormal behavior has been noted in the surgical suite before anesthesia in these patients. The behavioral changes include anxiety, belligerence, confusion and an exaggerated response to routine procedures such as the placement of intravenous catheters. The most appropriate time for surgical intervention following hemodialysis has been determined. These behavioral changes in the perioperative period have not been studied and a physiologic component cannot be excluded.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-01, Section: B, page: 0117.

Thesis (D.N.SC.)--RUSH UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF NURSING, 1984.

School code: 0591.