Male Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis Have a Higher Risk of Sleep Apnea | Zendy

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Male Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis Have a Higher Risk of Sleep Apnea

Author(s) -

YiChe Lee,

ShihYuan Hung,

HaoKuang Wang,

Chi-Wei Lin,

Hsi-Hao Wang,

Min-Yu Chang,

Ching-Fang Wu,

JunneMing Sung,

YuanYow Chiou,

ShengHsiang Lin

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.7866

Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , sleep apnea , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep (system call) , intensive care medicine , computer science , operating system

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a renal replacement therapy. One concern is whether patients on PD have a higher risk of sleep apnea (SA) due to intra-abdominal pressure increase and worsened ultrafiltration capacity. Despite this concern, to date, whether the risk of SA differs between PD, hemodialysis (HD), and groups without uremia is still uncertain.

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