In Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Short Term Blood Pressure Variability is Associated with the Presence and Severity of Sleep Disorders

• Main Authors: Martino F. Pengo (Author), Donatella Ioratti (Author), Valeria Bisogni (Author), Verdiana Ravarotto (Author), Barbara Rossi (Author), Luciana Bonfante (Author), Francesca Simioni (Author), Federico Nalesso (Author), Giuseppe Maiolino (Author), Lorenzo A. Calò (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: In chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients blood pressure variability (BPV) is associated with poor outcome. Sleep disturbances alter BP profiles in hypertensives but their influence on BPV in CKD patients is unknown. We screened a cohort of CKD/ESRD patients to investigate whether sl...