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.
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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.

  • 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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