Why the study?
Does blood pressure assessment by a healthcare professional induce a pressor response in hypertensive patients?
Population
Hypertensive subjects undergoing ambulatory intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring
Comparison
Blood pressure assessment by a physician or nurse vs Baseline ambulatory blood pressure
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Physician BP measurement may overestimate values via acute pressor response; leaves open optimal protocols for diagnosis and trial standardization.
Does blood pressure assessment by a healthcare professional induce a pressor response in hypertensive patients?
The stress of blood pressure measurement by a physician causes significant overestimation of blood pressure, which can be minimized by having a nurse perform the measurement or waiting 10 minutes.
Mancia et al. (1991) studied this question.
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