Publications by authors named "J J Lewandowski"
Hypertension in chronic kidney disease patients is very common. The definition of resistant hypertension in the general population is as follows: uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) on three or more hypotensive agents in adequate doses, or when patients are on four or more hypotensive agent categories irrespective of the BP control, with diuretics included in the therapy. However, these resistant hypertension definitions do not apply to the setting of end-stage kidney disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major limitations in the evaluation of potential kidney transplantation. The study aimed to assess cardiovascular status, including cardiovascular risk factors in waitlisted hemodialyzed patients.
Material And Methods: From the population of 5,068 hemodialyzed patients (60% men), we included 449 waitlisted and 4,619 not considered for potential kidney transplantation.
Background: In Poland, there are limited validated outcome measures to evaluate upper extremity function in stroke patients for clinical and research use. The Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) aims to assess functional performance of the upper extremities.
Objectives: To translate and culturally adapt the original version of ARAT into Polish, and to determine its reliability and validity.
The application of unattended blood pressure measurement (uAOBPM) for resting heart rate (RHR) assessment is unknown. To assess the agreement between RHR measured during uAOBPM and other methods, the authors conducted a comparability study with office blood pressure measurement (OBPM), ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), and electrocardiogram (ECG) in a group of 110 participants referred for ABPM. RHR measured with uAOBPM (70.
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- The study investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected blood pressure control in patients with hypertension using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).
- Data were compared between two groups: patients measured before the pandemic and those measured during it, with a total of 704 pandemic patients and 916 prepandemic patients included in the analysis.
- Results showed that during the pandemic, patients had higher blood pressure readings and a greater prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension, highlighting the need for strategies to manage blood pressure during such crises.