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Background Hypertension is a significant mortality risk factor. The knowledge and practice among physicians of hypertension management and home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) in blood pressure control is important.
Yuda Turana +8 more
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BackgroundHypertension is prevalent in Singapore and is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and increased health care costs. Strategies to lower blood pressure include lifestyle modifications and home blood pressure monitoring.
Bilger, Marcel +7 more
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We investigated the optimal nighttime home blood pressure (BP) measurement schedule for wrist BP monitoring. Fifty hypertensive patients (mean age 68.9 ± 11.3 years) self‐measured their nighttime BP hourly using a wrist‐type nocturnal home BP monitoring ...
Naoko Tomitani +2 more
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Frequent fruit consumption has been associated with lower office blood pressure. Less is known about associations between fruit consumption and home blood pressure.
Edvin Ström +3 more
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Background Blood pressure (BP) thresholds for diagnosing and managing hypertension vary for office, home, and ambulatory readings, and between guideline documents.
Kazuomi Kario +7 more
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Blood pressure control by home monitoring : meta-analysis of randomised trials [PDF]
Objective To determine the effect of home blood pressure monitoring on blood pressure levels and proportion of people with essential hypertension achieving targets. Design Meta-analysis of 18 randomised controlled trials.
Cappuccio, Francesco +3 more
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This study aimed at comparing the prevalence of abnormal blood pressure (BP) phenotypes among 241 adolescents referred for hypertension (15.4 ± 1.4 years, 62% males, 40% obese) according to mostly used or available criteria for hypertension [AAP or ESH ...
Fabiana G. A. M. Feitosa +14 more
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Community based trial of home blood pressure monitoring with nurse-led telephone support in patients with stroke or transient ischaemic attack recently discharged from hospital. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: High blood pressure in patients with stroke increases the risk of recurrence but management in the community is often inadequate. Home blood pressure monitoring may increase patients' involvement in their care, increase compliance, and reduce
Conroy, R +5 more
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Using a smartphone app to identify signs of pre-eclampsia and/or worsening blood pressure [PDF]
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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Home Blood Pressure Monitoring [PDF]
See related article, p 675–682 Measurement of blood pressure outside of the clinic is recognized for providing superior accuracy in predicting future fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular and renal disease. The gold standard for these predictions is 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring that measures daytime and night- time pressures.1 Home blood ...
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