Why the study?
Does a standard haemodialysis session alter autonomic function tests in patients on chronic haemodialysis?
Population
22 patients on chronic haemodialysis on a cuprophane dialyser
Comparison
Standard haemodialysis session vs Successive stages of the session
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
During a single dialysis session
Authors
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Autonomic tests appear stable across dialysis; leaves open whether they identify hypotension-prone patients in prospective cohorts.
Does a standard haemodialysis session alter autonomic function tests in patients on chronic haemodialysis?
Haemodialysis has no systematic effect on autonomic function, and hypotension-prone patients are not distinguished by disturbed predialytic or intradialytic autonomic blood pressure control.
Ligtenberg et al. (1996) studied this question.
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