When do you use ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to assess hypertension in a living kidney donor candidate?

We use this if there is clinical suspicion of undiagnosed hypertension- for example if the average of the blood pressure log is borderline high (>130/80) or if the average is ok but there are some high readings or if the clinic reading is high. Other risk factors we consider include obesity, prior t...

We have a set protocol for assessing hypertension in living donors.

1. Donors submit 2 blood pressures prior to their in-person visit.
2. If one or both blood pressures are > 140/90, they need to submit 5 random blood pressures.
3. If 3 or more of the blood pressures are elevated, then they need to do a 24-...