Living Kidney Donors Have Higher Than Expected Blood Pressure Years After Kidney Donation
Main Category: Transplants / Organ DonationsAlso Included In: Hypertension
Article Date: 02 Aug 2006 - 12:00 PDT
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An analysis of data from published research found that, after at least five years from donation, the blood pressure of kidney donors was 5 mm Hg higher than would be expected with normal aging (Article, p. 185).
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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Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, August, 2006
Contact: Susan Anderson
American College of Physicians
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