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Are there instances when you recommend 48-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring over typical 24-hour studies for evaluation of patients with hypertensive kidney disease?

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Nephrology · UAB Medicine

48-hour ambulatory BP monitoring can be helpful in gathering BP data for patients on hemodialysis with 3-day per week dialysis treatments. However, it is rarely done outside of research.

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