Medical Xpress October 23, 2024
Artificial intelligence experts and health care professionals in Portsmouth have come together to help prevent a common and painful complication in advanced kidney failure treatment.
The study, led by the University of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHUT), has developed an AI model to predict which patients are most at risk of their blood pressure dropping during dialysis; a condition known as intradialytic hypotension (IDH).
Three million people have chronic kidney disease in the U.K. and 31,000 of these are on hemodialysis, where their blood is circulated through a machine to clean it of toxins.
One of the most common complications for patients undergoing this treatment at home or in centers is IDH, which occurs when their blood...
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