Modern concepts of dialysis headache

Hemodialysis is a modern method of treating patients with terminal stage of renal failure. Despite the undoubted effectiveness, there is singled out a number of complications associated with this procedure. Such complications include, in particular, dialysis headache. While the etiological affiliation of this type of headache is currently not in doubt, a number of unresolved issues concerning the pathogenesis and prevention of this complication remains there. The authors present the results of a pilot study of a group of hemodialysis patients for the presence of dialysis headache (DH). Literature data on the mechanisms of development of this pathological condition are also analyzed.