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Parathyroidectomy Improves Restless Leg Syndrome in Patients on Hemodialysis
- R. S. Santos, F. M. Coelho, +6 authors R. M. Elias
- Medicine
- PloS one
- 19 May 2016
Background Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a sleep disorder with high prevalence among patients on hemodialysis. It has been postulated that high phosphate and high parathyroid hormone may be… Expand
Impact of Compression Stockings vs. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Overnight Fluid Shift and Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Patients on Hemodialysis
- B. C. Silva, R. S. Santos, L. Drager, F. M. Coelho, R. M. Elias
- Medicine
- Front. Med.
- 19 May 2017
Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in edematous states, notably in hemodialysis patients. In this population, overnight fluid shift can play an important role on the pathogenesis of… Expand
Chronic Kidney Disease and Sleeping Disordered Breathing (SDB).
- R. S. Santos, Shveta S. Motwani, R. M. Elias
- Medicine
- Current hypertension reviews
- 31 March 2016
The outlines of the current manuscript are: 1. Re-establish the link between hypertension and SDB including prevalence, mechanism, and reversal of process (i.e. improvement in hypertension with… Expand
Impact of Restless Leg Syndrome on mortality in patients on hemodialysis: still debatable.
- R. S. Santos, R. M. Moysés, R. M. Elias
- Medicine
- Sleep medicine
- 1 June 2016
To the Editor: The results presented by Stefanidis et al. were unexpected [1], since the authors found no association between Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) and increased mortality among patients on… Expand