#5129 CLINICAL-FUNCTIONAL KIDNEY-LUNG LINK IN A POPULATION OF HEMODIALYZED PATIENTS Ersilia Satta 1,2 , Carmine Romano 1 , Ilaria Raiola 1 , Anna Scafarto 1 , Sandro Gentile 1 , Gioacchino Erbaggio 1 , Guido Gembillo 3 and Mario Polverino 4 1 Nephrology and Dialysis Center, Nephrology and Diabetology Research, Naples, Italy, 2 Nefrocenter Research S.carl, Nephrology and Diabetology Research, Naples, Italy, 3 Institute of Nephrology The University of Messina, Institute of Nephrology, Messina, Italy and 4 Nephrology and Dailysis Research, Nefrocenter, Naples, Italy Background and Aims: We know that lung and kidney are intimately related from a functional standpoint, both in physiological conditions and in diseases. The close relationship between lung and kidney (kidney-lung link) is evidence of a homeostatic connection between all organs and systems in an attempt to maintain the body system balance. In a recent review [1] we emphasized the importance to search for the clinical signs of a disease not only in the primary afected organ but also in organ functionally related. Method: For this purpose we examined 81 hemodialyzed patients, with a mean age of 66.6 ± 13 years (28 f and 53 M), undergoing hemodialysis treatment Abstract i1155 Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/38/Supplement_1/gfad063d_5129/7195858 by guest on 03 November 2023