Blood pressure targets in hemodialysis patients.
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.
Luther
J M
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Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
Golper
T A
TA
D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000401:mortality*