title: Highlights of the 2015 ERA-EDTA congress: chronic kidney disease, hypertension.
abstract: This paper reports the highlights in the field of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension of the last European Renal Association (ERA-EDTA) Congress (London, May 21-24, 2016). The items include an European survey on CKD epidemiology and a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial on the effect of renal denervation for hypertension management. Furthermore, a polar view regarding ABPM for the diagnosis and the monitoring of hypertension in dialysis patients is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit & CNR-IFC Research Unit of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mallamaci
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: CKD epidemiology; ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; renal denervation