Author (Year) Recruitment (country) No. Participants (% women) Age, years (SD) Device Model (Company) Measurement days (intervals) Measurements per night Systolic BP, mmHg Diastolic BP, mmHg Sleep quality assessment Observational…
Fig. 11.1 Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring: conventional and mobile health-based approaches 11.2 Definitions Telemedicine or telehealth consists in the exchange or delivery of medical information (e.g., health parameters, biological signals,…
Home BP Office BP Ambulatory BP Number of BP measurements ++ + +++ Misleading phenomena (white-coat effect, masked hypertension effect, placebo effect) − + − Observer bias elimination +++…
Percentiles for boys (n = 347) Percentiles for girls (n = 420) Height (cm) N 50th 95th N 50th 95th 120–129 23 105/64 119/76 36 101/64 119/74 130–139 51…
Body Year Recommendation on main indications for clinical use ASH [2] 1995 Confirm elevated office BP by HBPM. If they disagree confirm by ABPM CHS [12] 1999 When HBPM is…
Daytime hypertension White-coat hypertension White-coat effect Systolic and diastolic hypertension Isolated systolic hypertension Isolated diastolic hypertension Siesta dipping/post-prandial hypotension Nocturnal hypertension Dipping: Nocturnal BP fall >10% of daytime values or…
Preferences Concerns • Does not interrupt daily activity • Does not cause pain/bruising • More convenient than ambulatory blood pressure monitoring • Does not disrupt sleep • Less anxiety than clinic-measured blood pressure • More self-control…
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Figure 12.1 CT angiography shows prominent perivascular and subcarinal tissue An evaluation for pulmonary arterial hypertension was initiated given history and echocardiographic findings. Serological screening for connective tissue disease in…
Figure 13.1 Lung scintigraphy demonstrating a number of unmatched perfusion defects, predominantly involving the upper lobes, lingula and right middle lobe Figure 13.2 (a) Right main pulmonary artery narrowing (white…
