혈액 투석시 발생하는 저혈압에 대한 Amezinium Methylsulfate(Risumic)의 예방 효과에 대한 다기관 공동연구

Background : Dialysis-induced hypotension is a very common but difficult complication to manage. Amezi-nium methylsulfate is a newly developed sympatho-mimetic agent which has been reported as effective in postural hypotension. We studied the preventive effect of amezinium methylsulfate on dialysis-induced hypo- tension in chronic hemodialysis patients. Methods: Twenty-five hemodialysis(HD) patients who were maintaining on hemodialysis longer than 3 months and had frequent episodes of dialysis hypoten-sion were enrolled in this study. After 4 weeks of observation period, patients received one tablet of ameziniurn 30 minutes prior to every hemodialysis session for 4 weeks. We com mean arterial pressure(MAP), number of hypotensive episodes and number of nursing interventions(defined as position change, bolus injection of saline or 50% dextrose in water, need to decrease transmembrane pressure or discon- tinuation of dialysis) between observation and medi-cation period in each patient. Results: The number of nursing interventions (mean, 2.5±0.9 interventions vs. 1.4±0.9 interventions, p