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Article: High Pulse Pressure Associated With Greater Death Risk in Dialysis Patients.
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- March 26, 2002
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Byline: Duke University
DURHAM, N.C., March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Duke University Medical Center study of dialysis patients indicates that a new way of looking at traditional blood pressure numbers may be important in determining which patients are at highest risk of dying.
Almost 20 percent of dialysis patients die each year, usually from heart disease. By better understanding pulse pressure, doctors may be able to identify high-risk patients and take steps to keep those patients alive. The study is featured in the March 27, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study looked at pulse pressure, which is the ...