Author(s)

Said S. A. Khamis¹, Yassein Salah¹, Nahla El-Ghalban^2*, Hany S. Elbarbary¹

¹Internal Medicine Department and Nephrology Unit, College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Al Minufya, Egypt.
²Shebin El Kom Teaching Hospital, Menoufia, Egypt.

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between residual renal function and hypertension in regular haemodialysis patients. Background: Initiating chronic dialysis treatment gives end-stage renal disease patients a new lease on life. However, the annual mortality rate in dialysis patients is ~20% and quality of life is substantially reduced. Patients and Methods: This study was carried out on a reasonable number of subjects on regular haemodialysis divided into two groups. All were given informed consent and, the study was approved by the ethics committee of Menoufia University. Results: There was significant relation between presence of residual renal function and hypertension in patients with ESRD on regular haemodialysis, but the relation between residual renal function and control of hypertension is not statistically significant. 40% of group 1 were hypertensive, 66.7% of group 2 patients were hypertensive, the interdialytic weight gain mean was 1.42 in group 1 and 2.37 in group 2. Control of hypertension was achieved in 63.6% of group 1 patients by one drug, 27.3% patients by 2 drugs; however 9.1% of patients need 3 drugs to control their blood pressure, while in group 2 40% of patients were controlled by one drug, 45% with 2 drugs and 15% need 3 drugs to control blood pressure. Conclusion: There is significant relation between presence of residual renal function and hypertension in patients with ESRD on regular haemodialysis, but the relation between residual renal function and control of hypertension is not statistically significant.

Hypertension, Regular Haemodialysis, Residual Renal Function

Khamis, S. , Salah, Y. , El-Ghalban, N. and Elbarbary, H. (2020) Correlation between Residual Renal Function and Hypertension in Regular Haemodialysis Patients. Open Journal of Nephrology, 10, 245-253. doi: 10.4236/ojneph.2020.103024.