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Postural Hypotension with Glucose Ingestion in Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

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Postural hypotension may pose problems in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).(1,2) We have previously noted plasma glucose levels as high as 13 mmole/liter in nondiabetic subjects undergoing hypertonic CAPD exchanges (Adam, personal communication). Glucose ingestion may worsen postural hypotension in nonuremic elderly subjects.(3) The aim of our study was to test the hypothesis that glucose ingestion in CAPD patients is associated with postural hypotension.

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  1. M. A. McMillan
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  2. C. M. Donald
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  3. J. D. Briggs
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  1. The Long Island College Hospital, SUNY-Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Morrell M. Avram M.D., F.A.C.P. , Neal Mittman M.D. , Paul A. Fein M.D. , Amado Gan M.D. , Philip Goldwasser M.D.  & Paul A. Slater M.D. , , , ,  & 

  2. Instituto Di Medicina Interna E. Nefrologia, Universita Degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

    Carmelo Giordano M.D.

  3. Prima Facolta di Medicina Universita, Napoli, Italy

    Natale G. DeSanto M.D. (Cattedra di Nefrologia Pediatrica) (Cattedra di Nefrologia Pediatrica)

  4. Servizio di Nefrologia ed Emodialisi Umberto I, Mestre, Venice, Italy

    Giorgio Bazzato

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McMillan, M.A., Donald, C.M., Briggs, J.D., Junor, B.J.R. (1990). Postural Hypotension with Glucose Ingestion in Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. In: Avram, M.M., et al. Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9555-7_64

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