Not Signed In - In Kidney Disease Patients, Low Blood Pressure Increases Stroke Risk
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 AM EST
... For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the risk of stroke is increased with low blood pressure as well as high blood pressure, reports a study in the March Journal of the American Society of Nephrology."Our study confirmed that individuals with CKD and elevated blood pressure are at increased risk of stroke," comments Dr. Daniel E. [click link for full article] ...
Related Topics
- Low Blood Pressure
- Blood Pressure
- Kidney Disease
- Risk Factors
- Increased risk of falls and injury (from low blood pressure)
- Hypertension
- High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
- Stroke
- Kidney Cysts
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Kidney Diseases
- Blood/Blood Transfusion
- Blood Transfusion
- Mini-Strokes
- Low blood pressure (hypotension)
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypogammaglobulinemia (reduced levels of antibodies) -- increases the risk of infection
- Stroke, if clots break off and travel to the brain (drugs that thin the blood such as heparin and warfarin can reduce the risk)
- Low Back Pain
- Low blood pressure needing intensive care
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