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The impact of sphygmomanometer placement and cuff placement on blood pressure measurements

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
BackgroundHypertension is the most significant global risk factor for mortality and morbidity, making standardized blood pressure measurement crucial.ObjectivesTo investigate whether the location of blood pressure monitors and the positioning of cuffs ...
Xiao-Yong Zhu, Pu-Hua Zhang, Wen-Yin Huang, Wan Huang, Xin-Hu Tang, Hua Yu, Su-Nan Wang   +6 more
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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Elderly [PDF]

International Journal of Hypertension, 2011
The incidence of hypertension is high in the elderly and is present in 2/3 of the patients older than 65 years. Prevalence can reach 90% in patients older than 80 years. The presence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is characteristic of this population. However, the prevalence of hypertension by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is not
Mediavilla García, Juan Diego, Jaén Águila, Fernando, Fernández Torres, Celia, Gil Extremera, Blas, Jiménez Alonso, Juan   +4 more
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Comparison between an adapted protocol for home and ambulatory measurement for evaluating night-time blood pressure behaviour

Blood Pressure
Background The diagnosis and treatment of hypertension rely on the accuracy of blood pressure (BP) measurements obtained both in and out of the office during awake and sleep periods.Objective To evaluate whether a home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM ...
Thamyres Costa Borges, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino, Sayuri Inuzuka, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Moisés Martins de Oliveira, Carlos Augusto Pícoli de Andrade, Rodrigo Bezerra, Audes Diógenes Magalhães Feitosa, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso   +8 more
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Lower utilization of home blood pressure monitoring in younger, poorly educated hypertensive males – real-life data

Blood Pressure, 2020
Background: Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) became a standard in the management of hypertension. However, there are few data concerning the utilisation of blood pressure (BP) monitors in daily clinical practice. Aim: The aim of this analysis was to
Anna Chudek, Aleksander Jerzy Owczarek, Joanna Ficek, Agnieszka Almgren-Rachtan, Jerzy Chudek   +4 more
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Case report: use of a cuffless blood pressure monitoring device compared to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in a pregnant patient

Blood Pressure
Background Blood pressure (BP) monitoring is crucial for the management of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Cuffless, continuous BP-monitoring devices have been developed, but have yet to be validated during pregnancy.Objectives To describe the case ...
Natacha Gassmann, David Jaques, Théodore Pasquier, Bénédicte Le Tinier, Belen Ponte, Anne Dufey Teso   +5 more
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Additional applications of intraoperative cerebral oxygenation monitoring using near infrared spectroscopy. [PDF]

Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal (PACCJ), 2016
One of the major goals of intraoperative care is the maintenance of adequate cardiac output and delivery of oxygen to the tissues. Standard intraoperative monito- ring includes the non-invasive measurement of blood pressure (NIBP) and the use of pulse ...
E. Dewhirst, M. Hakim, J. D. Tobias
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Self-care and adherence to medication: a survey in the hypertension outpatient clinic

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008
Background Self-care practices for patients with hypertension include adherence to medication, use of blood pressure self-monitoring and use of complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) The prevalence of CAM use and blood pressure self-monitoring ...
Lip Gregory YH, Beevers D Gareth, Greenfield Sheila M, Gohar Faekah, Jolly Kate   +4 more
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Assessment of Nocturnal Blood Pressure by Home Blood Pressure Monitoring [PDF]

Hypertension Research, 2007
Among blood pressure measurements obtained by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), nocturnal blood pressure has been reported to have greater prognostic significance than daytime blood pressure or 24-h blood pressure (1, 2). Blunted nocturnal blood pressure dipping (as seen in nondippers or risers) has also been shown to be a risk factor for ...
Joji, Ishikawa, Kazuomi, Kario
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Bridging Care Gaps in Resistant Hypertension

JACC: Case Reports
Background: Current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines emphasize home blood pressure (BP) monitoring, shared decision-making, self-management interventions, and multidisciplinary care as key strategies for improving ...
Kevin Khoa Trinh, BS, Brenda Martinez-Puente, BSN, Lilit Vardanyan, BS, MS, Surabhi Atreja, MD, RPVI   +3 more
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Twenty-Four-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2020
The diagnosis, management, and estimated mortality risk in patients with hypertension have been historically based on clinic or office blood pressure readings.
Camilo Pena-Hernandez, Kenneth Nugent, Meryem Tuncel   +2 more
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