Key result
Visiting a doctor's room caused an average transient rise of 17 mm Hg in systolic and 7 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure among hypertensive patients.
Why the study?
What is the pressor response to blood pressure measurements in a routine outpatient clinic setting in elderly hypertensive patients?
Observational (n=104)
What is the pressor response to blood pressure measurements in a routine outpatient clinic setting in elderly hypertensive patients?
Effect estimate: 17 mm Hg systolic, 7 mm Hg diastolic
There is a transient rise in blood pressure (average 17/7 mm Hg) during measurement by a doctor in an outpatient clinic, which can be characterized by noninvasive ambulatory monitoring.
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Clinic BP may overestimate control in elderly hypertensives; leaves open ambulatory monitoring's role in management pending prospective data.
Shimada et al. (1990) conducted an observational in Hypertension (n=104). Visit to doctor's room vs. Baseline/waiting room was evaluated on Average rise in systolic and diastolic blood pressures (17 mm Hg systolic, 7 mm Hg diastolic). Visiting a doctor's room caused an average transient rise of 17 mm Hg in systolic and 7 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure among hypertensive patients.
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