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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Parameters' Variability During Long and Short Interdialytic Intervals in Hemodialysis Patients.
In Brief
An observational study for Chronic Kidney Disease Requiring Chronic Dialysis and Chronic Kidney Diseases. Completed, enrolled 28 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Exercise intolerance as well as reduced cardiovascular reserve are extremely common in patients with CKD. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a non-invasive, dynamic technique that provides an integrative evaluation of cardiovascular, pulmonary, neuropsychological and metabolic function during maximal or submaximal exercise, allowing the evaluation of functional reserves of these systems. CPET is currently considered to be the gold-standard for identifying exercise limitation and differentiating its causes. It has been widely used in several medical fields for risk stratification, clinical evaluation and other applications. However, the use of CPET in assessment of exercise intolerance in everyday nephrology practice is limited. Hence, this is the first study possible differences in CPET's parameters during long and short interdialytic intervals in hemodialysis patients.