Open AccessOrthostatic hypoxaemia in dialysed adult polycystic kidney disease patients
Author(s) -
Z. Korzets,
Eliezer Golan,
S. Ben-Chitrit,
Y Smorjik,
Polianskaia Os,
J Bernheim
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/12.4.733
Subject(s) - medicine , orthostatic vital signs , polycystic kidney disease , kidney disease , polycystic kidney , endocrinology , kidney , blood pressure
Recently we observed a unique clinical phenomenon, namely, orthostatic or postural hypoxaemia in a 72-year-old female adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD) patient, maintained on CAPD. Extensive investigations failed to yield a satisfactory explanation for her ambulatory hypoxaemia.
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