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Drug management of hypertension in hemodialysis patients

Kong-Cai Zhu, Guo-Ying Cao*, Xin Hu   

  1. 1. Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Hospital, Ministry of Health, Beijing 100730, China
    2. Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2011-10-19 Revised:2012-02-10 Online:2012-05-15 Published:2012-05-15
  • Contact: Guo-Ying Cao*

Abstract:

Hypertension is believed to be a major risk factor that causes cardiovascular disease in patients on hemodialysis (HD). Removing of excess water during HD, accurate assessment of dry weight and anti-hypertension therapeutics are the most commonly used measures to lower blood pressure in patients on HD.

Key words: Hypertension, Hemodialysis, End-stage renal disease

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