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Ambulatory blood pressure measurement is recommended by NICE guidelines to confirm hypertension diagnosis in the UK, with various benefits and disadvantages for clinical practice.
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ABPM is recommended as the reference standard for diagnosing hypertension due to its superior accuracy, ability to detect white-coat hypertension, and better prognostic value compared to clinic measurements.
Measurement of ambulatory blood pressure is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension in the UK. This article describes the use of ambulatory devices, and discusses the benefits and disadvantages of their use in clinical practice.
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Hodgkinson et al. (2015) studied this question. Ambulatory blood pressure measurement is recommended by NICE guidelines to confirm hypertension diagnosis in the UK, with various benefits and disadvantages for clinical practice.
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