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Using estimated risks and preferences to justify intensive BP control in CKD patients

An analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) indicates that nearly all adults with chronic kidney ...

Intensive blood pressure lowering could benefit almost all adults with hypertensive chronic kidney disease

An analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) indicates that nearly all adults with chronic kidney ...
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ASN: Nearly All Adults With CKD Would Benefit from Systolic BP Target 120 mm Hg

Nearly all adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) would benefit from a systolic blood pressure (BP) target <120 versus <140 ...
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Discovery explains kidney damage caused by blood pressure drugs

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how long-term treatment of high blood pressure with commonly prescribed drugs can destroy the kidney’s ability to filter and ...
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Trial analysis reveals almost all adults with hypertensive chronic kidney disease would benefit from intensive blood pressure lowering

Nearly all SPRINT participants with hypertension and nondiabetic chronickidney disease stages 3–4 had a net benefit (the predicted difference between benefits and harms) that favored a systolic blood ...