1Department of Chinese Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2Taipei Jen-Chi Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of
Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan
4Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
5Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
6School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
7School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
【Summary】
Objective: To evaluate the energy of meridians before and after hemodialysis and the factors that affect meridian energetics.
Methods: We recruited patients from our hospital’s hemodialysis clinic, and the meridian energy analysis device (MEAD) was used to record the meridian electrical conductance (MEC) values of twelve meridians before and after hemodialysis.We also recorded the reason for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), gender, age, the duration of hemodialysis, location of arteriovenous fistula, hematology, and biochemistry data.
Results: A total of 102 patients were analyzed. The top 2 reasons for ESRD were chronic glomerulonephritis and diabetic nephropathy. The average of patients’ age was 60.36±12.13 years old, the average duration of long term dialysis was 58.17±47.15 months, the average BMI was 23.42±3.97, and females are in majority. The meridian energy value before and after hemodialysis was 43.53±4.23 and 38.47±5.59, and the decline was significant. The patients who had dialysis clearance≥1.2, albumin levels <4.0, were female, and require longer durations of dialysis had a greater decrease in energy after dialysis. The factors like patients’ age>65 years old, hematocrit≥30, reason caused EGFR, location of arteriovenous fistula, BMI, and time undergoing hemodialysis were insignificant.
Conclusions: EGFR patients’ energy level decayed after undergoing hemodialysis.
Dialysis clearance, albumin levels, female patients, and patients who require longer durations of dialysis were the factors of meridian energetics.
【Keywords】ESRD; Hemodialysis; Energy of Meridian; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Meridian Energy Analysis Device (MEAD)
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