Open AccessEffect of chronotherapy of antihypertensives in chronic kidney disease: A randomized control trial
Author(s) -
V. Tiwari,
Arpita Ray Chaudhary,
Sugata Dasgupta,
Smita Divyaveer,
Raju Kumar Sahu,
Atanu Pal,
Rajib Mondal,
Kapiljit Chakravarty,
Asit Mandal,
Dipankar Sircar,
Rajendra Pandey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/ijn.ijn_322_19
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , kidney disease , ambulatory blood pressure , renal function , randomized controlled trial , morning , chronotherapy (sleep phase) , ambulatory
There is a higher prevalence of non-dipping pattern in hypertensive chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Nocturnal hypertension has been shown to predict cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and is often superior to daytime blood pressure. We studied the effect of shifting or adding antihypertensive to night time on blood pressure profile of CKD III-IV patients.