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Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children on chronic hemodialysis: Traditional (general) risk factors, Part I

Author(s) -

Ljiljana Šulović

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp150418133s

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , disease , risk factor , intensive care medicine , environmental health , pediatrics

Cardiovascular complications are almost always present in children with chronic kidney diseases (CKD) who are being treated with hemodialysis (HD). As in adults, the risk factors responsible for the onset of cardiovascular diseases in childen with CKD can be divided in two basic groups: traditional (general) risk factors related to the arteriosclerosis and nontraditional (uremia-related) risk factors, which are especially present in HD patients.

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