Dietary sodium restriction reduces blood pressure in patients with treatment resistant hypertension.

Purpose: Patients with treatment resistant hypertension (TRH) are at particular risk of cardiovascular disease. Life style modification, including sodium restriction, is an important part of the treatment of these patients. We aimed to analyse if self-performed dietary sodium restriction could be implemented in patients with TRH and to evaluate the effect of this intervention on blood pressure (BP).

Screening for hypertension in adults - the use of tonometric blood pressure monitoring.

Objectives: Arterial hypertension increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Reliable screening tools for diagnosing hypertension are important to ensure correct risk stratification of subjects. In this study, we aimed to analyse if a wrist-worn device using a tonometric technique for measuring of 24-hour blood pressure could be used to diagnose hypertension and non-dipping.

Prednisolone treatment in acute interstitial nephritis (PRAISE) - protocol for the randomized controlled trial.

Background: Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is an important and common cause of acute renal failure. There are no generally accepted guidelines for the treatment of AIN, due to the lack of prospective randomized trials. Since AIN is characterized by an enhanced immune response, immunosuppressive treatment could potentially improve prognosis by attenuating inflammation and subsequent fibrosis.

[Intra-operative continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring].

Intra-operative hypotension is associated with increased risk of 30-day mortality and organ ischaemia. Thus, a reliable monitoring of blood pressure is desirable. New clinical studies indicate, that monitoring of middle arterial pressure with continuous non-invasive monitoring during stable haemodynamic conditioning provides accurate changes in blood pressure.

High Prevalence of Hypertension in a Danish Population Telemedical Home Measurement of Blood Pressure in Citizens Aged 55-64 Years in Holstebro County.

Background: Home blood pressure (HBP) is prognostically superior to office BP (OBP) and similar to ambulatory BP measurements. We determined the prevalence of hypertension using HBP with telemedical data transmission in the municipality of Holstebro, Denmark (57,000 citizens).

Methods: Using the Civil Registration System, we invited citizens aged 55-64 years to have their OBP and HBP measured using telemedical data transmission.