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Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 Apr;73(4):437–458. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.01.007

Table 5.

EURECA-m Working Group Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension for Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis

		Hypertension
BP Measurement^a	Method	Hemodialysis	Peritoneal Dialysis
ABPM	Minimum of 24-h monitoring without dialysis; when feasible, 44-h monitoring over midweek interdialytic period for patients on hemodialysis	≥130/80 mm Hg	≥130/80 mm Hg
Home	Average of readings from both morning and evening over 6 nondialysis days for patients receiving hemodialysis and over 7 consecutive days for patients receiving peritoneal dialysis	≥135/85 mm Hg	≥135/85 mm Hg
Office	Midweek on a nondialysis day, average of 3 readings	≥140/90 mm Hg	≥140/90 mm Hg

Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; BP, blood pressure; EURECA-m, European Renal and Cardiovascular Medicine Working Group of the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association and the Hypertension and the Kidney working group of the European Society of Hypertension.

AII measurements should be taken after a 5-minute rest with patient sitting and back and arm supported.

Source: EURECA-m Consensus Statement.⁵