
Opinion|Videos|January 8, 2025
Patient Case No. 2
Key Takeaways
- Difficult-to-treat hypertension involves uncontrolled blood pressure despite using three or more antihypertensive medications, including a diuretic.
- It is distinct from resistant hypertension, which is more common and may not include a diuretic in treatment.
Panelists discuss how chronic kidney disease (CKD) and uncontrolled hypertension create a damaging cycle, in which hypertension accelerates kidney damage while declining kidney function makes blood pressure harder to control.
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Episodes in this series

- Patient No. 2 has stage 3 CKD and uncontrolled hypertension. They have a moderate reduction in their estimated glomerular filtration rate, confirming stage 3 CKD. Their hypertension is likely contributing to CKD progression.
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