The problem of pulmonary arterial hypertension in end-stage renal disease: can peritoneal dialysis be the solution

Abstract Background Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the setting of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has important prognostic and therapeutic consequences. We estimated the prevalence of PAH among patients with ESRD treated with automated peritoneal dialysis (APD), investigated the effect of d...

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Main Authors: Abdullah K. Alhwiesh, Ibrahiem Saeed Abdul-Rahman, Abdullah Alshehri, Amani Alhwiesh, Mahmoud Elnokeety, Syed Essam, Mohamad Sakr, Nadia Al-Oudah, Abdulla Abdulrahman, Abdelgalil Moaz Mohammed, Hany Mansour, Tamer El-Salamoni, Nehad Al-Oudah, Lamees Alayoobi, Hend Aljenaidi, Ali Al-Harbi, Dujanah Mousa, Abdulghani Abdulnasir, Sami Skhiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-022-02998-y