Episode 193: Tuning in to Renal Dysfunction – Part 1 The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

In this week’s episode, Jonathan and George Bakris, Comprehensive Hypertension Center, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, discuss the role of music in medical practice, before diving into hypertension and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. 
 
Use the following timestamps to navigate the content in this episode:
(00:00)-Introduction
(02:47)-Hoosiers and music
(08:45)-Routes into medicine
(09:47)-Finding hypertension
(13:50)-Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
(15:10)-White coat hypertension
(16:30)-Lowering your blood pressure
(18:09)-An innocent murmur
(18:59)-Markers of kidney and heart disease
(21:10)-Two most common causes of kidney disease
(23:18)-Arterial stiffness