Age-related Blood Pressure Patterns and Blood Pressure Variability among Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Mark Rohrscheib,
Orrin Myers,
Karen S. Servilla,
Christopher Adams,
Dana C. Miskulin,
Edward J. Bedrick,
William C. Hunt,
Douglas E. Lindsey,
Darlene Gabaldon,
Philip G. Zager
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.00110108
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , blood pressure , dialysis , population , pulse pressure , diastole , cardiology , surgery , environmental health
Despite the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease among hemodialysis patients, the relationship between age and blood pressure (BP) is not well understood. It was postulated that the relationship of BP to age differs among hemodialysis patients versus the general population and that there is significant variability in dialysis unit BP measurements.
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