Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring predict end-organ damage or patient survival in patients with renal disease?
Population
Patients with chronic renal failure, on dialysis, and after renal transplantation
Design
Review
Authors
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Non-dipping may refine risk stratification in renal disease; hypothesis-generating pending interventional trials.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring predict end-organ damage or patient survival in patients with renal disease?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, particularly identifying non-dipping profiles, provides important prognostic information regarding cardiovascular risk and survival in patients with renal disease.
Covic et al. (2003) studied this question.
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