BACKGROUND Little is known about isolated ambulatory hypertension, a state with elevated ambulatory but normal office blood pressure (BP). This study aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of isolated ambulatory hypertension for cardiovascular morbidity in a population of elderly men. METHODS AND RESULTS At baseline, 24-hour ambulatory BP and metabolic and cardiac risk profiles were...

OBJECTIVE We tested the reproducibility of changes in the ambulatory blood pressure (BP) from the initial values, an indicator of BP reactivity and cardiovascular health outcomes, in young, healthy adults. METHOD The subjects wore an ambulatory BP monitor attached by the same investigator at the same time of day until the next morning on two different days (day 1 and day 2) separated by a wee...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that in cirrhotic patients, certain hemodynamic parameters, such as blood pressure and heart rate, are related to the severity of liver disease. This study investigated whether non-invasive 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate are more closely associated with markers of liver disease severity than conventional office measurements. METHODS Ambulatory pa...

Introduction. Ambulatory surgery is not commonly practiced in Asia. A 23-hour ambulatory (AS23) service was implemented at our institute in March 2004 to allow more surgeries to be performed as ambulatory procedures. In this study, we reviewed the impact of the AS23 service on breast cancer surgeries and reviewed surgical outcomes, including postoperative complications, length of stay, and 30-d...

Hypertension is an important risk factor for adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes, particularly in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This review compares blood pressure (BP) measurements obtained in the clinic with those obtained outside the clinic to predict cardiovascular and renal injury and outcomes. Data are accumulating that suggest that ambulatory BP monitoring is a superi...

INTRODUCTION Central aortic systolic pressure (CASP) strongly predicts cardiovascular outcomes. We undertook to measure ambulatory CASP in 74 prevalent dialysis patients using the BPro (HealthStats, Singapore) device. We also determined whether coronary or abdominal aortic calcification was associated with changes in CASP and whether interdialytic CASP predicted ambulatory measurement. METHOD...

BACKGROUND Ambulatory cleft lip repair after its acceptance in developed countries is also becoming popular in developing world. This study was performed to compares the outcomes of ambulatory cleft lip repair with the inpatient group for adult patients. Objectives were to compare outcome after ambulatory and inpatient cleft lip surgery for adults with respect to perioperative complications (Ea...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to assess the prognostic value of ambulatory versus clinic blood pressure measurement and to relate cardiovascular risk to ambulatory systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels. METHODS AND RESULTS The study population consisted of 688 patients 51+/-11 years of age who had undergone pretreatment 24-hour intra-arterial ambulatory blood pressure monitorin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Relatively little is known about the natural evolution of physical activity-related participation restrictions associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). We examined this issue prospectively, using continuous monitoring technology to capture the free-living ambulatory activity of persons with PD engaging in life situations. We specifically sought (1) to explore natural, lo...

The goal of our study was to analyze the association between obesity and the severity of ambulatory hypertension in obese children. A total of 109 patients with primary obesity ages 7 to 18 years (mean ± SD age 14.1 ± 3.1) were enrolled. Patients were divided into three groups according to body mass index (BMI) Z-scores: group 1 (n = 27): BMI >1.65 and < 3.28 standard deviation scores (SDS); gr...