title: [Hypertension treatment in patients on hemodialysis].
abstract: Prevalence of arterial hypertension increases with the advancement of chronic renal failure (CRF). In terminal stage of CRF arterial hypertension is present in 80-90% of patients. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the most frequent cause of death in patients on hemodialysis. Cardiovascular mortality rate is three to twenty times higher in patients on hemodialysis compared to general population. In the beginning of the treatment with hemodialysis blood pressure lowers in certain number of patients who had used three, four or more blood pressure lowering medications during the pre-dialysis period.
authors.affiliation: Centar za hemodijalizu, Klinicki centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu. resickcs@bih.net.ba
authors.forename: Halima
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Resić
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis