Why the study?
How do blood pressure readings from continuous noninvasive recording, office sphygmomanometry, and ambulatory monitoring compare in outpatients referred for hypertension?
Population
308 outpatients referred for hypertension
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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Office BP may overestimate values; hypothesis-generating for alert reactions and requires prospective validation vs ambulatory methods.
How do blood pressure readings from continuous noninvasive recording, office sphygmomanometry, and ambulatory monitoring compare in outpatients referred for hypertension?
Office sphygmomanometry can significantly overestimate blood pressure due to alert reactions, highlighting the need for caution when interpreting single clinical readings or initial ambulatory monitoring results.
Natale R. Musso (1996) studied this question.
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