How should hypertension be assessed and managed in hemodialysis patients? Home BP, not dialysis unit BP, should be used for managing hypertension.
Agarwal
Rajiv
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Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine and Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA. ragarwal@iupui.edu
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index