Skin Perfusion Pressure Is a Prognostic Factor in Hemodialysis Patients

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is common in hemodialysis patients and predicts a poor prognosis. We conducted a prospective cohort study to identify risk factors for PAD including skin perfusion pressure (SPP) in hemodialysis patients. The cohort included 373 hemodialysis patients among 548 patie...

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Main Authors: Shingo Hatakeyama, Masaaki Saito, Kumiko Ishigaki, Hayato Yamamoto, Akiko Okamoto, Yusuke Ishibashi, Hiromi Murasawa, Kengo Imanishi, Noriko Tokui, Teppei Okamoto, Yuichiro Suzuki, Naoki Sugiyama, Atsushi Imai, Shigemasa Kudo, Takahiro Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Takuya Koie, Noritaka Kaminura, Hisao Saitoh, Tomihisa Funyu, Chikara Ohyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/385274