Abstract
We investigated the mental states of 20 hemodialysis patients transferred to our unit for surgical treatment of complications. Our investigation was conducted by questionnaire. The surgical procedures consisted of gastrectomy, nephrectomy, hysterectomy, total hip joint replacement and renal transplantation. Concerns related to surgery were the same as in non-hemodialysis patients. The kind of concerns related to hemodialysis involved hemodialysis methods and schedules, hyperkalemia, body weight gain due to infusions, etc. Kidney transplant patients had little anxiety about postsurgical dialysis therapy, however, they had a great deal of anxiety about whether the operation would succeed or not.
These results indicate that patients transferred to our unit for surgery should be encouraged by providing sufficient information about surgery and continued hemodialysis therapy after surgery.
