Editorials: Home Readings of Blood Pressure
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Are kiosk blood pressure readings trustworthy?
Background Out-of-office blood pressure (BP) measurements have been shown to improve BP assessment and is now an accepted and critical part of the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Traditionally, we think of two outof-office options – ambulatory BP (ABPM) and home BP. Whereas ABPM provides high-value clinical data, the cost of ABPM and its limited availability severely hinder its widesp...
متن کاملAre stroke patients' reports of home blood pressure readings reliable? Cross-sectional study.
BACKGROUND Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring is gaining increasing popularity among patients and may be useful in hypertension management. Little is known about the reliability of stroke patients' records of home BP monitoring. OBJECTIVE To assess the reliability of home BP recording in hypertensive patients who had suffered a recent stroke or transient ischaemic attack. METHODS Thirty-ni...
متن کاملWhat is the optimal interval between successive home blood pressure readings using an automated oscillometric device?
OBJECTIVES To clarify whether a shorter interval between three successive home blood pressure (HBP) readings (10 s vs. 1 min) taken twice a day gives a better prediction of the average 24-h BP and better patient compliance. DESIGN We enrolled 56 patients from a hypertension clinic (mean age: 60 +/- 14 years; 54% female patients). The study consisted of three clinic visits, with two 4-week per...
متن کاملInterpreting and acting upon home blood pressure readings: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND Recent guidelines recognize the importance of home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) as an adjunct to clinical measurements. We explored how people who have purchased and use a home blood pressure (BP) monitor make sense of, and act upon, readings and how they communicate with their doctor about the practice of home monitoring. METHODS A qualitative study was designed and participan...
متن کاملHome Blood Pressure Measurement
The purpose of this research was to review the literature on home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) and to provide recommendations regarding HBPM assessment. Observational studies on HBPM, published after 1992, as identified by PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane literature searches were reviewed. Studies were selected if they met the following criteria: 1) self-measurements had been performed with va...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0281-3432,1502-7724
DOI: 10.3109/02813438509013917