title: High blood pressure in dialysis patients: cause, pathophysiology, influence on morbidity, mortality and management.
abstract: Dialysis is initiated in a patient with End stage renal disease. The recent guidelines suggest the initiation of dialysis when symptoms and signs of kidney failure are present and not merely a decrease in GFR. The most common complication postdialysis is the occurrence of hypotension. However many dialysis patients are found to be hypertensive. In this article, we mention the cause and pathophysiology of hypertension in dialysis patients and its management.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Assistant Attending in Nephrology, at the Elmhurst Hospital Center-Mount Sinai, Director Out patient Chronic Kidney Disease, NY (USA) .
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.affiliation: Graduate, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital , New Delhi .
authors.forename: Soumya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
authors.affiliation: Medical Officer, Government of India , New Delhi, India .
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.affiliation: Fellow, Department of Nephrology, Elmhurst Hospital , NY (USA) .
authors.forename: Jasjit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Medical Student, Maulana Azad Medical College , New Delhi, India .
authors.forename: Sarthak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
keywords: Blood pressure; Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Hypertension; Mortality