Association of Acute Kidney Injury with Cardiovascular Events and Death in Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Among older adults with hypertension at high cardiovascular risk, intensive treatment of blood pressure independently increased risk of AKI, which substantially raised risks of major cardiovascular events and death. PMID: 30939480 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30939480?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - April 1, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Dieter BP, Daratha KB, McPherson SM, Short R, Alicic RZ, Tuttle KR Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research