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Figure 5. Chronic Kidney Disease<br />

The aforementioned renal pathophysiology has important therapeutic implications. A note<br />

<strong>of</strong> caution, given that intraglomerular pressure in persons with reduced kidney function is more<br />

directly linked to systemic arterial pressure, lowering BP and/or lowering intraglomerular pressure<br />

can lead to a rise in serum creatinine that occurs as a result <strong>of</strong> lowering <strong>of</strong> GFR. Essentially the<br />

compromised kidney is letting you know that it can’t autoregulate its GFR, at least over the shortterm.<br />

Nevertheless, the compromised kidney maintains function longer, even if GFR falls in the<br />

short-term, when BP is lowered and intraglomerular pressure falls. In fact, the very conditions<br />

where autoregulation <strong>of</strong> GFR is abnormal - reduced renal mass, diabetes mellitus, proteinuric<br />

kidney disease - are indications for the type <strong>of</strong> pharmacological interventions (angiotensin<br />

converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker therapy) that may lead to a rise in<br />

serum creatinine. Thus, due to systemic circulatory and renal micro-circulatory effects, lowering<br />

BP with regimens containing ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, and direct renin<br />

inhibitors, will <strong>of</strong>ten lead to a rise in the serum creatinine indicative <strong>of</strong> a drop in the global GFR.<br />

If the patient has been over-diuresed and has a contracted plasma volume, the rise in creatinine<br />

will be even more prominent.<br />

7. Clinically Recognizable Manifestations <strong>of</strong> BP-Related Target-Organ Injury<br />

Table 5 displays common clinically recognizable manifestations <strong>of</strong> BP-related target-organ<br />

injury. These complications represent micro- and macro-vascular complications as well as targetorgan<br />

dysfunction/failure. Careful clinical assessment and examination will detect many <strong>of</strong> these<br />

complications. The fundoscopic examination is <strong>of</strong>ten either poorly executed or not done in clinical<br />

situations, yet it provides great insight into the prior level <strong>of</strong> BP control and is one <strong>of</strong> the easiest<br />

ways to determine the presence <strong>of</strong> BP-related target-organ injury. Though retinopathy is linked<br />

to the level <strong>of</strong> BP, most retinal abnormalities are not specific, per se, to <strong>hypertension</strong> as some <strong>of</strong><br />

these changes also occur, for example, in diabetes mellitus. Control <strong>of</strong> BP can prevent or forestall<br />

virtually all <strong>of</strong> these complications.<br />

NKFM & MDCH 33

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