Measuring Cardiovascular Stress in Patients on Hemodialysis

West Penn Allegheny Health System26 enrolled

Overview

To determine if proprietary software that uses pulse-wave analysis to interpret the output of a conventional pulse-oximeter, can predict the onset of circulatory stress, before changes in blood pressure and pulse occur, in patients undergoing outpatient hemodialysis.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Hemodialysis Hypotension Circulatory Stress Photo-plethysmography

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients having regular outpatient dialysis treatments * Patients who are willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who do not wish to participate * Patients with contraindications to attachment of monitoring devices * Patients with skin rash or hypersensitivity to the adhesive sensors

Locations (1)

Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

photoplethysmography

Pulse-wave analysis of an oximeter signal

Time frame: 5 hours

Secondary Outcomes

blood pressure

measured continuously during treatment

Time frame: 5 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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