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Using a smartphone app to identify signs of pre-eclampsia and/or worsening blood pressure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy complicate 10% of pregnancies and can have serious consequences. Aims To explore the experiences of pregnant women with a history of hypertension using an innovative home blood pressure monitoring ...
Kay, L., Khalil, A., Sheehan, E.
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Blood pressure and heart failure

open access: yesClinical Hypertension, 2020
BackgroundHypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and death. It affects a substantial proportion of the population worldwide, and remains underdiagnosed and undertreated.BodyLong-standing high blood pressure leads to left ...
G. Oh, Hyun-Jai Cho
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Expert consensus on adjustment of pre-donation blood pressure screening requirements for blood donor population in China

open access: yesZhongguo shuxue zazhi
Standards for blood donors selection are established to ensure the safety of both donors and recipients, as well as the quality of blood products and an adequate blood supply.
Expert Panel on Blood Pressure Screening Strategies for Blood Donor Selection
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Quantile regression for mixed models with an application to examine blood pressure trends in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Cardiometabolic diseases have substantially increased in China in the past 20 years and blood pressure is a primary modifiable risk factor. Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we examine blood pressure trends in China from 1991 to 2009,
Fuentes, Montserrat   +3 more
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An NGO-Implemented Community-Clinic Health Worker Approach to Providing Long-Term Care for Hypertension in a Remote Region of Southern India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Poor blood pressure control results in tremendous morbidity and mortality in India where the leading cause of death among adults is from coronary heart disease.
Agnew, Kaylan   +9 more
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Blood pressure and ageing [PDF]

open access: yesPostgraduate Medical Journal, 2007
Abstract Isolated systolic hypertension, an elevation in systolic but not diastolic pressure, is the most prevalent type of hypertension in those aged 50 or over, occurring either de novo or as a development after a long period of systolic-diastolic hypertension with or without treatment. The increase in blood pressure with age is mostly
openaire   +2 more sources

Worldwide Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage According to Region, Time Period, Blood Pressure, and Smoking Prevalence in the Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

open access: yesJAMA Neurology, 2019
Importance Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from ruptured intracranial aneurysms is a subset of stroke with high fatality and morbidity. Better understanding of a change in incidence over time and of factors associated with this change could facilitate ...
N. Etminan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measurement of Blood Pressure in Humans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

open access: yesHYPERTENSION, 2019
The accurate measurement of blood pressure (BP) is essential for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. This article provides an updated American Heart Association scientific statement on BP measurement in humans.
P. Muntner   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Minimally sufficient numbers of measurements for validation of 24-hour blood pressure monitoring in chronic kidney disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) remains a reference standard, but the minimal number of ABPM readings required to diagnose hypertension has not been empirically validated. Among 360 patients with chronic kidney disease and 38 healthy controls,
Agarwal, Rajiv, Tu, Wanzhu
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Comparison of Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose Level Among Elderly with Non-communicable Disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Due to increasing age, elderly are prone to non-communicable diseases (NCD), such as hypertension (HT) and diabetes mellitus (DM). Easy physical condition monitoring of people with HT and/or DM is by measuring their blood pressure (BP) and/or blood ...
Artsanthia, J. (Jintana)   +1 more
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