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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?

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Nephrology · UAB Medicine

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 ...

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Nephrology · The Dialysis Center At Waltham

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

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