Under Pressure: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Control [PDF]
Smart AIM: Improve hypertension control with the following goal: Within three months 60% of patients with hypertension will have a blood pressure less than 140/90 during their most recent office visit.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/1029/
Caruso, MD, John +6 more
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Management of hypertension in children and adolescents [PDF]
Hypertension has been recognized as an important health issue in the pediatric population over the past years. This emphasizes the need for an organized and effective plan for diagnosis and management. This review provides information to guide physicians
De Bruyne, Pauline, Vande Walle, Johan
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Office hypertension - an innocent blood pressure variant? [PDF]
not diagnosed as hypertensives, i.e. the number of Definition of white coat/office hypertension undetected cases is still relatively high; on the other, a large number of people whose blood pressure shows a The first reports on the ‘white coat effect’ were pubtransient rise only in the physicians office or the clinic lished over 250 years ago [1].
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African American Men and Ostrich Behavior [PDF]
This project explores why African American men choose Ostrich Behavior when it comes to health care prevention and maintenance as related to hypertension. The population was African American men, ages18–80, in Northern California.
Slack-Gay, Debbie
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Losartan/Hydrochlorothiazide Combination Therapy Surpasses High-dose Angiotensin Receptor Blocker in the Reduction of Morning Home Blood Pressure in Patients with Morning Hypertension [PDF]
Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are the first-line antihypertensive agents. In clinical practice, it is often difficult to achieve the recommended blood pressure level by ARBs in their ordinal dosages alone.
Hanayama, Yoshihisa +3 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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What is the best way to identify patients with white-coat hypertension? [PDF]
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is currently the gold standard for detecting patients with white-coat hypertension. Women and all patients with lower office systolic blood pressures, stage I hypertension, and no target organ damage are more likely ...
Blackwell, Jean, Fisher, Michael
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Analysis of short-term blood pressure variability in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma patients [PDF]
Data on short-term blood pressure variability (BPV), which is a well-established cardiovascular prognostic tool, in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) patients is still lack and conflicting.
Bisogni, V. +14 more
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Self-monitoring for improving control of blood pressue in patients with hypertension [PDF]
The objective of this review is to determine the effect of SBPM in adults with hypertension on blood pressure control as compared to OBPM or usual ...
Bray, Emma +6 more
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Background Home blood pressure (BP) and unattended automated BP (uAOBP) monitoring have been recommended by guidelines for the care of hypertensive subjects. However, BP measurements in the peripheral arteries cannot serve as direct substitutes for their
Hao-Min Cheng +7 more
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