Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood Pressure: An Overview of Devices, Analyses, and Clinical Utility

Jul 8, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood Pressure: An Overview of Devices, Analyses, and Clinical Utility

Advantages Disadvantages Elimination of observer bias/error Cost Elimination of the white coat effect Time commitment on behalf of More comprehensive assessment of antihypertensive therapy Patient  Disturbed sleep Superior prognostic indicator…

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Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

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Fig. 9.1 Relation between office and ambulatory systolic blood pressure in untreated hypertensive subjects enrolled in the “Progetto Ipertensione Umbria monitoraggio Ambulatoriale” (PIUMA) study. For any given value of office…

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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Older Persons

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BP parameter (mmHg) Initial study (mean BP) Two-year study (mean BP) Changes between study periods P-value between study periods Standard deviation of the differences Repeatability coefficient (RC) Clinic systolic 136…

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