PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN WESTERN RAJASTHAN: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Objective: Due to limited study in our region on pulmonary hypertension in chronic kidney disease patients, we planned a study to detect the prevalence of Pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease. An additional objective was to study an association between pulmonary hypertension and CKD stage if any. Methods: Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted on 108 diagnosed cases of CKD (according to different stages based on GFR) and age more than 18 years. All data collected and analyzed by SPSS software. Co-relation co-efficient was used to find out correlation. Results: Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in CKD patients was 15.74%. 47.06% patients were mild, 41.18% patients were moderate and 11.11% patients were in severe pulmonary hypertension. The association between pulmonary hypertension and CKD stage was found statically insignificant. In linear regression between age, CKD stage & duration and PAH was found statistically insignificant. Conclusion: Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in CKD patients was 15.74%. Pulmonary hypertension had positive correlation with stage of CKD, duration of CKD and age of patients