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SynthesisInternational urology and nephrology2021

Effects of diuretics on intradialytic hypotension in maintenance dialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xin Tang, Lixin Chen, Wenwen Chen, Peiyun Li, Ling Zhang, Ping Fu

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Synthesis in International urology and nephrology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xin TangDivision of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Lixin ChenDivision of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Wenwen ChenDivision of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Peiyun LiDivision of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Ling ZhangDivision of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. zhangling_crrt@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1155-4802
Ping FuDivision of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Lane, Wuhou District, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Sichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIntradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a serious complication in dialysis patients. Diuretics might reduce the incidence of IDH by decreasing ultrafiltration. However, the effect of diuretics on IDH in maintenance dialysis patients is still unclear.

methodsWe searched Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and clinical trials registries from 1945 to May 2019. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or observational studies about IDH in maintenance dialysis with diuretics were included.

resultsSeven studies including 28,226 patients were included, of which 4 were RCTs involving mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) and 3 were observational studies involving loop diuretics. There was a trend that a lower incidence rate of IDH in maintenance dialysis patients who used loop diuretics than control, although the result was not statistically significant (OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.34-1.22, P = 0.18). Similarly, lower incidence rate of all-cause mortality (OR 0.92, 95% CI 0.87-0.99; P = 0.02) and cardiovascular (CV) mortality (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.75-0.99, P = 0.03) in dialysis patients who used loop diuretics than control. On the contrary, there were no significant difference in the incidence of IDH (OR 1.35, 95% CI 0.78-2.34, P = 0.29) and all-cause mortality (OR 0.73, 95% CI 0.26-2.01; P = 0.54) and CV mortality (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.14-2.25; P = 0.42) in maintenance dialysis patients who used MRAs compared with control.

conclusionLoop diuretics, but not MRAs, might have a potential benefit to reduce the incidence rate of IDH, all-cause mortality and CV mortality. More high-quality studies are needed to strengthen the arguments.

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DiureticsHumansHypotensionRenal DialysisDiureticsDiureticsIntradialytic hypotensionMaintenance dialysisMeta-analysisMineralocorticoid receptor antagonists

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