Open AccessLocation Not Quantity of Blood Pressure Measurements Predicts Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Rajiv Agarwal,
Martin J. Andersen,
Robert P. Light
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1421-9670
pISSN - 0250-8095
DOI - 10.1159/000110090
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , blood pressure , cardiology , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine
Blood pressure (BP) measurements obtained outside the dialysis unit are prognostically superior. Whether it is the greater number of measurements made outside the dialysis unit that correlates with prognosis or whether BPs outside dialysis units are ecologically more valid is unknown.
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