The effectiveness of sauna baths in removing excessive fluid in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/02/007823
- Lead Sponsor
- Christian Medical College Institutional Review Board
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 6
Inclusion Criteria
1. Prevalent hemodialysis patients on thrice weekly hemodialysis for atleast three months.
2. Age > 18 years and <60 years
3.Stable vascular access- AV fistula
4.Stable clinical condition
5. Interdialytic weight gain of more than 2 kg
Exclusion Criteria
1.. Patients unable to provide informed consent
2.. Any vascular event during the 12 months preceding this study (myocardial infarct, heart failure New York Heart Association [NYHA] stage II/IV, heart rhythm disorders, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), (un)stable angina, symptomatic and/or operated peripheral vascular disease)
3. Patients in sepsis
4. Patients with past history of heat stroke
5 Baseline blood pressure less than 140/90 mm Hg
6. Patients with open wounds, catheter
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method