Key result
Antihypertensive treatments prescribed by nurse practitioners safely reduce hypertension and the risk of comorbidities like kidney failure and stroke in chronic kidney disease.
Why the study?
Managing hypertension accompanied by chronic kidney disease is challenging, and management is complicated by differing guidelines.
Can Nurse Practitioners safely prescribe antihypertensive treatments to reduce hypertension and associated risks in patients with chronic kidney disease?
Can Nurse Practitioners safely prescribe antihypertensive treatments to reduce hypertension and associated risks in patients with chronic kidney disease?
Nurse Practitioners play a safe and effective role in prescribing antihypertensive treatments for patients with chronic kidney disease.
Managing hypertension, especially when accompanied by chronic kidney disease, is challenging. These different but related conditions are complicated by differing guidelines. NPs can safely prescribe antihypertensive treatments, which reduce hypertension and the risk of associated comorbidities, such as kidney failure, stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular disease.
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Liddell et al. (2019) studied this question. Antihypertensive treatments prescribed by nurse practitioners safely reduce hypertension and the risk of comorbidities like kidney failure and stroke in chronic kidney disease.
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