McCoy I, Brar S, Liu KD, et al. - No worse consequences were witnessed in relation to higher stepwise blood pressure measured three months after hospital discharge with acute kidney injury (AKI). Similar links between blood pressure, measured 3 months after hospital discharge, and outcomes were noted between AKI survivors and those who survived non-AKI hospitalizations.

• A total of 769 patients with hospitalized AKI and 769 matched persons with non-AKI hospitalizations were included.

• Systolic blood pressure (SBP) 3 months post-hospitalization had no stepwise link with the risk of subsequent AKI, loss of kidney function, mortality, or heart failure events.

• No stepwise link with these risks was found in 769 participants without AKI.

• Full cohort of 1,538 patients showed no impact of hospitalized AKI on the link between post-discharge SBP and subsequent risks of adverse clinical results.