High Blood Pressure in Dialysis Patients: Cause, Pathophysiology, Influence on Morbidity, Mortality and Management
Published: June 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4471
Aaron Stern, Soumya Sachdeva, Rohit Kapoor, Jasj it Singh, Sarthak Sachdeva
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
Assistant Attending in Nephrology, at the Elmhurst Hospital Center-Mount Sinai, Director Out patient Chronic Kidney Disease, NY (USA).
2. Graduate,Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi.
3. Medical Officer, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
4. Fellow, Department of Nephrology, Elmhurst Hospital, NY (USA).
5. Medical Student, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Aaron Stern,
Elmhurst Hospital: Elmhurst Hospital Center 79-01 Broadway Elmhurst, NY-11373 (U.S.A).
Phone: 7838159168, E-mail: Sterna@hychhc.org
Dialysis is initiated in a patient with End stage renal disease. The recent guidelines suggest the initiation of dialysis when symptoms and signs of kidney failure are present and not merely a decrease in GFR. The most common complication postdialysis is the occurrence of hypotension. However many dialysis patients are found to be hypertensive. In this article, we mention the cause and pathophysiology of hypertension in dialysis patients and its management.
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