It depends on the patient. If the patient has no residual renal function, it’s prone to volume overload or hyperkalemia; such a patient would benefit from a dialysis session on Monday before surgery. If the patient is recently initiated on iHD, or has good volume control and electrolytes are f...
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at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine This happens very frequently. For elective surgeri...
There is a significant chance the surgery would be cancelled for hyperkalemia. So, yes, I would definitely try to do dialysis prior to surgery, as close to it as possible.
It absolutely makes sense to metabolically optimize conditions for surgery, plus or minus volume, to mitigate the risk of complications in a patient with ESRD.
This happens very frequently. For elective surgeri...