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Major update of BP Guidance for CKD, Treat to 120 mmHg

The new 2021 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline for blood pressure management for adults with CKD who are not receiving dialysis advises treating to a target systolic blood pressure of <120 mmHg, provided measurements are “standardized” and that blood pressure is “measured properly.”

This blood pressure target — largely based on evidence from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) — represents “a major update” from the 2012 KDIGO guideline, which advised clinicians to treat to a target blood pressure of ≤130/80 mmHg for patients with albuminuria or ≤140/90 mmHg for patients without albuminuria.

Source: Medscape

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