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Under what circumstances do you recommend targeting a systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mmHg in a patient with CKD?

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Nephrology · UAB Medicine

I am going to deviate a bit from the KDIGO recommendations here, and will try to document my reasons.

  1. The SPRINT trial, which was the largest BP target trial for individuals with CKD, did not enroll individuals with an eGFR < 20. The automated office BP measurement used in SPRINT is still not standa...

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Nephrology · UCSF

All patients with CKD who can tolerate it and with accurately measured blood pressures.

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