Open AccessBlood pressure variation and its correlates among patients undergoing hemodialysis for renal failure in Benin City, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Enajite I Okaka,
Chimezie Godswill Okwuonu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_29_16
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , blood pressure , benin city , intensive care medicine , general surgery , teaching hospital
Blood pressure (BP) variation is commonly encountered during hemodialysis (HD) procedure. Both intradialysis hypotension and hypertension have implications for outcome of treatment and overall morbidity and mortality of the patients.