Living Kidney Donors Have Higher Than Expected Blood Pressure Years After Kidney Donation
The authors note important problems with available studies such as lack of uniform definitions for hypertension and incomplete information on many donors.
However, the authors say that even these limited data have implications for informed consent, counseling and education of potential donors, reimbursement policies for future anti-hypertension drugs, donor selection, follow up after kidney donation, and future research.
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Article adapted by Start Sanatate from original press release.
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Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, August, 2006
Contact: Susan Anderson
American College of Physicians
Condiþii de viaþã renal donatorii au aºteptat mai mare decât tensiunea arterialã Ani Dupã Rinichi de donatie - Living Kidney Donors Have Higher Than Expected Blood Pressure Years After Kidney Donation - articole medicale engleza - startsanatate