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Relative Plasma Volume Monitoring for Identifying Volume‐Sensitive and ‐Resistant Hypertension
Author(s) -
Agarwal Rajiv
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2010.00742.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasma volume , volume (thermodynamics) , ambulatory blood pressure , intensive care medicine , blood volume , ambulatory , intravascular volume status , cardiology , blood pressure , physics , quantum mechanics
The measurement and management of volume state among long‐term dialysis patients has not received much attention. Recent reports suggest that relative plasma volume monitoring may be useful in identifying patients who have volume excess. Among patients who have evidence of excess volume by relative plasma volume monitoring, excess volume removal leads to improvement in interdialytic ambulatory blood pressure. Implementation of this technique can result in improved classification of patients into volume‐sensitive and ‐resistant categories and therefore improve the management of hypertension.