A Single Center Pilot Study on the Use of a Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device in CKD Population

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A Single Center Pilot Study on the Use of a Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device in CKD Population

Are you eligible to participate in this study?

You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:

Conditions:
Chronic Kidney Disease
Age: Between 18 Year(s) - 80 Year(s)
Gender: Male or Female

Other Inclusion Criteria:
1. Male or female 18-80 years of age with CKD stage 3-5 on most recent outpatient labs.

You may not be eligible for this study if the following are true:

1. Pacemaker-dependent.
2. Prisoner.
3. Pregnant women.
4. Not capable of informed consent.
5. Known autonomic function disorder (e.g. Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction).
6. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or permanent pacemaker (PPM) precluding assessment of heart rate variability (e.g. chronic atrial fibrillation).
7. Recent myocardial infarction (4 weeks or loss).
8. Maintenance dialysis.
9. Epilepsy.
10. Patients on labetalol.
11. Patients with diabetes.

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