Effect of Hydrocortisone on Intradialytic Hypotension: A Preliminary Investigational Study

Table 2

(a) Frequency of IDH episodes with and without the intervention for each patient

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 1+HC	Day 2+HC	Day 3+HC
Patient 1	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
Patient 2	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N
Patient 3	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
Patient 4	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Patient 5	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y
Patient 6	Y	N	Y	N	N	N
Patient 7	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Patient 8	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
Patient 9	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Patient 10	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Patient 11	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Patient 12	N	Y	Y	N	N	N
Patient 13	Y	N	Y	N	N	N
Patient 14	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Total	12	10	9	3	3	4

IDH: intradialytic hypotension; HC: hydrocortisone; Y: yes; N: no.

(b) The characteristics of every patient listed in (a)

	Age (year)	Sex	DM	HTN	Weight (kilogram)	Interdialytic fluid gain (liter)	TSH (mIU/l)	Morning cortisol (nmol/l)	ACTH stimulation test	Adrenal insufficiency
Patient 1	37	M	N	N	53.5	4.2	1.8	311	Not indicated	N
Patient 2	51	F	Y	Y	95.5	3.5	2.8	45	Normal	N
Patient 3	60	F	Y	Y	95.0	4.0	4.2	419	Not indicated	N
Patient 4	70	F	Y	Y	85.0	3.5	4.3	202	Normal	N
Patient 5	45	F	N	N	65.0	3.3	0.8	319	Not indicated	N
Patient 6	63	F	Y	Y	73.0	3.3	1.9	555	Not indicated	N
Patient 7	51	F	N	Y	95.0	3.0	1.1	287	Not indicated	N
Patient 8	63	M	Y	Y	87.0	5.3	2.3	107	Normal	N
Patient 9	49	M	N	N	49.0	3.7	2.5	94	Abnormal	Y
Patient 10	45	F	N	N	49.0	1.0	1.5	199	Normal	N
Patient 11	38	F	N	N	60.0	4.5	8.6	417	Not indicated	N
Patient 12	65	F	Y	Y	93.0	3.5	2.2	493	Not indicated	N
Patient 13	52	M	Y	N	72.0	4.0	2.8	169	Abnormal	Y
Patient 14	61	M	N	Y	90.0	3.0	0.5	263	Abnormal	Y

DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; M: male; F: female; Y: yes; N: no.