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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
The authors have studied the autonomic function in a group of 34 regular hemodialyzed patients and in a group of 24 normal volunteers with simple, non-invasive and repeteable techniques. To evaluate autonomic function Valsalva manoeuvre, cold pressor test, mental stress test, tilt test, diving reflex test, systolic-time intervals and plasma catecholamines levels were used in all subjects. Uremic patients on maintenance hemodialysis were studied the day after hemodialysis. The response to cold pressor test, mental stress test, tilt test and plasma catecholamines levels resulted normal in all uremic patients, even if 17 out of 34 patients showed an abnormal response to the Valsalva manoeuvre (Valsalva ratio lesser than 1.40). In these patients an alteration of diving reflex and/or a pathological systolic-time interval was found. The authors suggest that sympathetic function is normal in regular hemodialyzed patients and that the abnormal response to the Valsalva manoeuvre is probably due to a defect in the vagal control of the heart and/or an alteration of cardiac performance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0391-3988
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
76-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Autonomic function in hemodialyzed patients.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study