Under what circumstances do you order ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in a patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis?
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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
I have done it when the patient is unable to take their bp meds prior to coming for dialysis, and pre-dialysis BP remains high. Other instances are when there is a large difference between the pre and post-dialysis blood pressure readings.