Discrepancies in Clinic and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Korean Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.

In conclusion, ABPM revealed a high prevalence of non-/reverse-dippers and sustained/masked HT in Korean CKD patients. Clinicians should try to obtain a CKD patient's ABPM, especially among those who are older or who have advanced CKD as well as those with abnormal Ca × P product, iPTH, and albumin.
PMID: 28378550 [PubMed - in process]

Source: J Korean Med Sci - April 6, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Oh YK, Chin HJ, Ahn SY, An JN, Lee JP, Lim CS, Oh KH Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research