Duke University
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of supplemental oxygen delivery during hemodialysis in people with pulmonary hypertension and intradialytic hypoxemia.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults ≥18 years * Receiving Monday-Wednesday-Friday or Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday hemodialysis * Screened positive for pulmonary hypertension (defined by tricuspid regurgitant velocity \[TRV\] \>2.5 m/s on echocardiography) and intradialytic hypoxemia (defined by spending ≥1/3 treatment with O2 saturation \<90%) or hypoxemia for ≥10% of the treatment if associated with a desaturation event (≥4% decline in O2 saturation to \<88% for ≥10 seconds) during enrollment in the PH-ESKD study (Pro00108710). Exclusion Criteria: * Daily supplemental oxygen use * Inability to provi…
Supplemental oxygen by oxygen concentrator
Room air without oxygen concentrator