RAPIDLY DEVELOPING PSEUDOHYPERTENSION AFTER RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION DIAGNOSED BY NON-AUSCULTATED BLOOD-PRESSURE MEASUREMENT

Pseudohypertension has ben reported in elderly, diabetic and uraemic p atients. A variety of diagnostic methods have been used, generally wit h poor results with the exception of arterial catheterisation. We repo rt a case of pseudohypertension that developed in the year following a renal transplant and was diagnosed by the use of oscillometric and ph otoplethysmographic blood pressure measurement.