Impact of hemodialysis on dyspnea and lung function in end stage kidney disease patients.

Anastasios F PalamidasSofia-Antiopi GennimataFoteini KarakontakiGeorgios KaltsakasIoannis PapantoniouAntonia KoutsoukouJoseph Milic-EmiliDemetrios V VlahakosNikolaos G Koulouris

Published in: BioMed research international (2014)

We conclude that dyspnea is the major symptom among the CKD patients that improves after hemodialysis. The neuromechanical dissociation observed probably is one of the major pathophysiologic mechanisms of dyspnea.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
lung function
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
patient reported