Resumen

MENDEZ DURAN, Antonio. Treatment of hypertension in CKD patient. Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.) [online]. 2013, vol.56, n.3, pp.12-20. ISSN 2448-4865.

Improvement in survival involves a greater possibility of developing chronic degenerative diseases among which diabetes mellitus and hypertension stand out. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is now a pandemic and hypertension is present in virtually all stages of CKD, the uncontrolled hypertension and the need to ingest more drugs to have adequate blood pressure values becomes more evident as disease stage progresses. Renal patients have high blood pressure difficult to control, and combine adrenergic activation, activation of the renin angiotensin aldosterone nervous system, water retention and vascular mechanisms. Current antihyperten-sive treatment when kidney damage is present focuses on reducing blood pressure, reducing cardiovascular risk and providing renoprotection; angiotensin receptor antagonists have been proven to be the pharmacological therapy of choice regardless of the underlying disease and the degree of proteinuria, the combination with ACEI does not result in a greater benefit but do produce serious adverse effects such as hyperkalemia, and even potentially lethal damage, including sudden death syndrome. Treatment of hypertension in CKD must go beyond just reducing blood pressure, considering that cardiovascular risk is greatly increased in these patients and that slowing the progression of kidney damage is imperative.

Palabras llave : arterial hypertension; chronic kidney disease; angiotensin receptors antagonists; cardiovascular risk.