Significance of estimating the glomerular filtration rate for the management of hypertension in type 2 diabetes with microalbuminuria.

Significance of estimating the glomerular filtration rate for the management of hypertension in type 2 diabetes with microalbuminuria.

Por: Motonobu Nishimura, Yasuhisa Kato, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Ryohei Todo, Atsuhito Tone, Kazunori Yamada, Sumire Ootani, Yojiro Kawabe, Hideyuki Yoshizumi y Yoshiharu Hoshiyama.  Hypertension Research (2013) 36, 705–710.

The Home Blood Pressure for Diabetic Nephropathy (HBP-DN) study is a prospective cohort study to determine the optimal home blood pressure (HBP) required to improve the prognosis of type 2 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is heterogeneous in microalbuminuric diabetic patients. The first step of the HBP-DN study explored the significance of estimating GFR for the identification of patients for whom HBP measurement would be more helpful.  [Actualizado: 2 de septiembre de 2013].