Do you recommend patients with hypertensive kidney disease transition from wrist to upper-arm home blood pressure monitoring prior to making dose adjustments to their antihypertensive regimen?

Possibly, if I think the measurements are not accurate.

Home BP monitoring is an important part of hypertension management. In my practice, I've noticed that positioning while taking the BP is more important than the specific device type. I advise patients to check their BP at home in a hard-backed chair. This prevents BP readings while lying in the bed, standing up, seated on a stool without back or feet support, or on the sofa/recliner where the feet and back cannot be both supported. Wrist de...

I use ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as a tool and it’s very helpful and it gives us an idea about the nocturnal dip.