Requirements for professional office blood pressure monitors
For more than half a century measurement of blood pressure in the doctor's office using a mercury sphygmomanometer and the auscultatory method has been the cornerstone for hypertension management. However, due to the environmental and service issues mercury devices will not be available in the near future.
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How to measure office blood pressure? [PDF]
peer reviewedaudience: professional, studentLa mesure de la pression artérielle de façon classique repose toujours sur l’auscultation des bruits de Korotkoff.
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Model validation for a noninvasive arterial stenosis detection problem [PDF]
Copyright @ 2013 American Institute of Mathematical SciencesA current thrust in medical research is the development of a non-invasive method for detection, localization, and characterization of an arterial stenosis (a blockage or partial blockage in an ...
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BACKGROUND: Meta-analyses have demonstrated that isometric handgrip training (IHT) decreases blood pressure in hypertensive individuals. Nonetheless, most studies were conducted in laboratory settings and its effects in real-world settings remain unclear.
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Normal values of blood pressure self-measurement in view of the 1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension guidelines [PDF]
New guidelines for the management of hypertension have been published in 1999 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Society of Hypertension (ISH).
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The autonomic nervous system and renal physiology [PDF]
Research in resistant hypertension has again focused on autonomic nervous system denervation – 50 years after it had been stopped due to postural hypotension and availability of newer drugs.
D’Elia, John A, Weinrauch, Larry A
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Calcium Channel Blockers Are Associated With Improved Survival and Lower Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Renovascular Disease [PDF]
Background and objective: Results of interventional trials in renovascular hypertension have been disappointing, and medical therapy is the current recommended gold standard.
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for the management of hypertension
. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has become indispensable in the current management of hypertension. ABPM is particularly useful in the accurate diagnosis of hypertension. Its diagnostic thresholds had been recently established based on hard
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A Primer on Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement for Interprofessional Chronic Kidney Disease Care: A Path to Joint Commission Certification. [PDF]
Interprofessional care for chronic kidney disease facilitates the delivery of high quality, comprehensive care to a complex, at-risk population. Interprofessional care is resource intensive and requires a value proposition. Joint Commission certification
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Letter to editor: Blood pressure, hypertension and lead exposure
A significant association of office diastolic blood pressure with low-level blood lead exposure was reported in a Brazilian adult population. However, caution should be taken to interpret these results.
Wen-Yi Yang, Jan A. Staessen
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