Revisiting ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

[...]OBP alone underdiagnoses patients with true hypertension and can miss masked hypertension. [...]it is not recommended to use ABPM but rather OBP as these calculators can misestimate absolute cardiovascular risk when used.6 Table 2 highlights the diagnostic criteria of the various blood pressure...

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Published in:	Australian family physician Vol. 51; no. 8; pp. 636 - 638
Main Authors:	Tse, Tim, Wu, Bosco, Vagholkar, Sanjyot, Willcock, Simon
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sydney Copyright Agency Limited (Distributor) 01-08-2022
Subjects:	Blood pressure Cardiology Cardiovascular disease Clinical medicine Clinical practice guidelines Guidelines Hypertension Patients Pressure measurement Primary care Task forces Australia
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Summary:	[...]OBP alone underdiagnoses patients with true hypertension and can miss masked hypertension. [...]it is not recommended to use ABPM but rather OBP as these calculators can misestimate absolute cardiovascular risk when used.6 Table 2 highlights the diagnostic criteria of the various blood pressure abnormalities detectable using ABPM. Executive summary: A report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on clinical practice guidelines.
ISSN:	2208-7958