title: Blood pressure targets in hemodialysis patients.
abstract: Guidelines on blood pressure control in dialysis patients are opinion-based. Effectiveness and risk analyses were not performed prior to implementation. We discuss this in the context of a study auditing blood pressure control in this population.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Golper
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000401:mortality*