Why the study?
Does 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring improve the detection of masked hypertension and prediction of left ventricular hypertrophy compared to casual blood pressure in children with chronic kidney disease?
Population
46 children with stage 3-5 CKD (39.1% stage 3, 39.1% stage 4, 21.7% stage 5; 11 on dialysis), South India.
Comparison
24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and… vs Casual blood pressure (CBP)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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ABPM may aid risk stratification in pediatric CKD; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring improve the detection of masked hypertension and prediction of left ventricular hypertrophy compared to casual blood pressure in children with chronic kidney disease?
ABPM is superior to casual blood pressure for detecting masked hypertension and predicting left ventricular hypertrophy in children with CKD.
Gupta et al. (2015) studied this question.
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