The association of home blood pressure with all‐cause mortality in hemodialysis patients: A prospective observational study
Ioannis Kontogiorgos,
Panagiotis I. Georgianos,
Nikolaos C. Tsikliras
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionPrior observational studies conducted in the hemodialysis population have suggested a reverse association between dialysis‐unit blood pressure (BP) and mortality. The present study aimed to investigate the prognostic association of home versus dialysis‐unit BP with all‐cause mortality in hemodialysis patients.MethodsAt baseline, 146 patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis underwent assessment of their BP with the following methods: (i) 2‐week averaged routine predialysis and postdialysis BP mea… Show more
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