Open AccessPrehypertension
Author(s) -
Norman M. Kaplan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02340409
Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , blood pressure , intensive care medicine
Prehypertension has been proposed as the diagnosis for the presence of blood pressures >120/80 mmHg but <140/90 mmHg. It covers more than 60 million people in the United States and nephrologists will increasingly be involved with them. This review describes its relevance to nephrologists.
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