Open AccessPrevalence and clinical correlates of white coat effect in patients with chronic kidney disease and the role of automated blood pressure device in its assessment
Author(s) -
Srinivas Vinayak Shenoy,
Shankar Prasad Nagaraju,
NR Rau,
Ravindra Prabhu,
Uday Venkat Mateti,
Dharshan Rangaswamy,
Indu Ramachandra Rao,
Karan Saraf
Publication year - 2018
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_418_17
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , blood pressure , diabetes mellitus , nephrology , diastole , observational study , outpatient clinic , intensive care medicine , endocrinology
Hypertension in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Patients with CKD can have clinically significant white coat effect (WCE), making routine clinic blood pressure (BP) measurements an unreliable indicator of actual BP control. Automated BP monitoring is useful in identifying WCE. The utility of automated BP monitoring has seldom been part of clinical practice in developing countries.