Median intradialytic blood pressure can track changes evoked by probing dry-weight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Median BP obtained over a single dialysis treatment can diagnose hypertension among hemodialysis patients. Whether median BP is as useful to track change in BP is unknown.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Among patients participating in the dry-weight reduction in hypertensive hemodialysis patients (DRIP) trial, interdialytic ambulatory BP was recorded at baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks. The mean interdialytic ambulatory BP was compared to the following recordings: predialysis on one dialysis treatment (Pre1), predialysis averaged over 2 weeks of dialysis treatment (Pre6), postdialysis on one dialysis treatment (Post1), postdialysis averaged over 2 weeks of dialysis treatment (Post6), and median intradialytic BP over one treatment.

Results

Pre1

SUBMITTER: Agarwal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2863982 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature