Why the study?
Do automated ambulatory blood pressure devices and self-measured blood pressure monitors improve the diagnosis and management of hypertension compared to traditional office-based measurements?
Population
Patients with hypertension or being evaluated for hypertension
Comparison
Automated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring… vs Traditional office-based physician blood…
Design
Guideline
Authors
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Encourages self-measured BP monitoring as adjunct to office readings in practice; extends evidence by restricting routine ambulatory BP to targeted indications.
Do automated ambulatory blood pressure devices and self-measured blood pressure monitors improve the diagnosis and management of hypertension compared to traditional office-based measurements?
This guideline supports the use of self-measured blood pressure monitoring as an adjunct to office measurements, but does not recommend routine widespread use of automated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
American College of Physicians (1993) studied this question.
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