Hypertension in hemodialysis patients: an opinion-based update.
Hypertension is highly prevalent in hemodialysis patients but its management remains a matter of debate. In this review, we discuss the observational studies on the association of blood pressure with outcomes, measurement of blood pressure in hemodialysis patients and present an opinion-based approach to treating hypertension.
Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland.
Tariq
T
Shafi
Sana
S
Waheed
Philip G
PG
Zager
D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis