July 11, 2007Blood Pressure Monitoring

Masked hypertension, a review of the literature

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Population

Patients with masked hypertension

Design

Review

Authors

WVWillem J. VerberkMaastricht University TTTheo ThienRadboud University Nijmegen PLPeter W. de LeeuwUniversity of Southern California

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Implication

Supports out-of-office monitoring in select patients; leaves open prospective outcome trials to guide management.

Structured PICO

Population

Patients with masked hypertension (blood pressure that is normal in the physicians' office but elevated elsewhere)

Masked hypertension is a common phenomenon associated with higher target organ damage than sustained normotension, highlighting the need for further research and clinical awareness.

Limitations

Large discrepancies exist between studies that have dealt with masked hypertension

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Verberk et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6ff8a326a7f98052dc83e1 https://doi.org/10.1097/mbp.0b013e3280fb2792

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Hypertension management

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Masked hypertension, a review of the literature

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Structured PICO

Limitations

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Masked hypertension, a review of the literature

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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