Bronchial Responsiveness in Patients on Regular Hemodialysis Treatment of Very Long Duration

Acute effects of hemodialysis on lung function in patients with end-stage renal disease

“…Chronic lung diseases are found by chest X-ray or at autopsy in the majority of patients maintained on non-transplant renal replacement therapies [3,20,25]. Numerous changes in pulmonary function, including restriction [17,26], obstruction [2,7,8] and impaired diffusion capacity [11], have been described in this patient population. These pulmonary dysfunctions may be caused directly by an underlying primary pulmonary disease or the high incidence of smoking, but the influence of uremia and the effects of dialysis treatment with the artificial kidney are not well characterized [15].…”

Briefly Noted

“…24 months). Seven of 19 (37%) long-term patients had hyperactive airways, compared with only one of 14 (7%) short-term dialysis patients (11). All patients had normal standard pulmonary function tests.…”