High Blood Pressure and Chronic Kidney Disease: What Every Patient Needs to Know According to the Latest Global Guidelines
- Health Communicator
- Jun 22
- 5 min read
Updated: Jul 14
This article is based on the most up-to-date and internationally recognized guideline for managing blood pressure in chronic kidney disease – the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease (Kidney International, 2021, 99, S1–S87). The guideline is the result of collaboration among leading global experts—nephrologists, clinical researchers, and practicing physicians—organized under the international body Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). The project was led by Professor Alfred K. Cheung (University of Utah, USA) and Professor Johannes F. E. Mann (Friedrich Alexander University, Germany), and included specialists from the U.S., Europe, Canada, China, Brazil, and Australia. The publication is grounded in a systematic review of the most recent clinical trials and scientific data up to 2020. It offers practical and reliable recommendations for both the medical community and patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and their families.
In the following questions and answers, you’ll find the most important information that may be useful if you’re dealing with CKD and high blood pressure. All answers are directly drawn from the guideline’s recommendations and analyses.
"Accurate blood pressure control is the strongest weapon in the fight for healthy kidneys and a longer life with chronic kidney disease."
