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  • Title: Addition of sertraline to other therapies to reduce dialysis-associated hypotension.
    Author: Brewster UC, Ciampi MA, Abu-Alfa AK, Perazella MA.
    Journal: Nephrology (Carlton); 2003 Dec; 8(6):296-301. PubMed ID: 15012700.
    Abstract:
    Sertraline has shown promise in the treatment of dialysis-associated hypotension (DAH) in a limited number of end-stage renal disease patients. We undertook a study to evaluate the effect of adding sertraline to other therapies for patients with documented DAH. We also measured the effect of sertraline on intradialytic haemodynamics. We used the ultrasound dilution technique (HD01 monitor) to measure cardiac output (CO), central blood volume (CBV) and peripheral vascular resistance (PVR) in these patients. The study was performed in two phases. Phase 1 was a control, while the second phase consisted of treatment with sertraline (50 mg/day). Cardiac output and central blood volume were measured 30 min following the initiation of dialysis and 30 min prior to the termination of dialysis. Blood pressure (BP) was monitored during haemodynamic measurements and throughout dialysis. Eighteen patients with documented DAH completed the study. Cardiac output, CBV and PVR were no different in the sertraline phase as compared with the control phase. The declines in systolic BP, diastolic BP and mean arterial pressures from pre-haemodialysis (HD) to lowest intradialytic and pre-HD to post-HD were not significantly different for the sertraline phase versus the control phase. In conclusion, it appears that sertraline has no additive effect on intradialytic haemodynamics to improve blood pressure in patients with DAH who are under therapy (with sodium modelling, cool dialysate and midodrine).
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