Improved Sleep Quality Improves Blood Pressure Control among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Study.

CONCLUSION: Optimizing sleep quality and duration to >6 h/night improved BP control and was associated with a significant delta change in SBP within 3 months of follow-up. Physicians should obtain a sleep history in patients with CKD who present with resistant hypertension. PMID: 31982868 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - January 23, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ali W, Gao G, Bakris GL Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research