Restrictive lung disorder is common in patients with kidney failure and associates with protein-energy wasting, inflammation and cardiovascular disease.
Hideyuki MukaiPei MingBengt LindholmOlof HeimbürgerPeter BaranyBjörn AnderstamPeter StenvinkelAbdul Rashid QureshiPublished in: PloS one (2018)
RLD is a common complication in patients with advanced CKD, especially in those with concomitant presence of CVD, inflammation and PEW. RLD appears to be an integral albeit scarcely explored consequence of pulmonary-renal interactions in CKD patients.