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October 01, 2008; Volume 75,Issue 10
Hirsch, Sheldon
- You have accessAn update on proteinuric chronic kidney disease: The dual-goal approachSheldon Hirsch, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2008, 75 (10) 705-713;
To slow the progression of proteinuric chronic kidney disease, we may need to set goals for lowering both blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion, using drugs that block the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system at multiple sites or in higher doses. However, this dual-goal approach needs to be validated prospectively.
Hoogwerf, Byron J.
- You have accessA Clinician and Clinical Trialist’s PerspectiveByron J. Hoogwerf, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2008, 75 (10) 729-737;
Even though more people died in the intensive-treatment group than in the standard-treatment group, the results from this trial should not substantially alter our usual approach to glucose-lowering.