ABSTRACT
Renal parenchymal disease is the most frequent form of secondary hypertension. It is calculated that it occurs in 5% of all the cases of arterial hypertension. In the United States, 3% of the adult populations have elevated creatinine and 70% of these patients have hypertension (1). Prevalence of hypertension in chronic kidney disease depends on the patient’s age, severity of renal failure, proteinuria, and underlying renal disease (2). Table 38.1 shows the most frequent renal parenchymal diseases associated with hypertension and Table 38.2 the prevalence of hypertension in different renal diseases.
