Berenji MS, Erickson LJ, Guest SS
Two Vietnamese patients with refractory hypertension: lessons
learned
XVIth Annual CAPD Conference
Perit Dial Int Suppl 2
(Feb) 16:S25 1996
This short anecdotal report from California reminds us that refractory
hypertension in PD patients
may be due to unusual dietary habits. In the case of the two Vietnamese
patients, fish sauces and
green cornflakes with enormous sodium contents were being consumed.
One patient consented to forego the food additives, resulting in great
simplification of her anti-
hypertensive drug regimen, while the other refused to change dietary habits.
Comment: Peculiar dietary habits, some due to ethnic background,
others due to idiosyncratic
patient beliefs, can have adverse medical consequences and must be sought out
and identified during
dietary assessment. (Peter G. Blake, M.D.)
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