Ambulatory blood pressure changes with lung ultrasound-guided dry-weight reduction in hypertensive hemodialysis patients: 12-month results of a randomized controlled trial

This study examines the long-term effects of dry-weight reduction with a standardized lung-ultrasound (US)-guided strategy on ambulatory BP in hypertensive hemodialysis patients. Methods: This is the report of the 12-month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial in 71 clinically euvolemic, hemodialysis patients with hypertension. Patients were randomized to dry-weight reduction guided by prehemodialysis lung ultrasound and to standard care. A 48-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) was performed in all study participants at baseline and after 12 months. Results: During follow-up, a greater proportion of patients in the active group underwent dry-weight reduction compared with the control group (71.4% vs. 22.2%; P 
Source: Journal of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Treatment Source Type: research