Why the study?
Does 6-hour daytime ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provide similar clinical decision-making information compared to 24-hour monitoring in patients evaluated for hypertension?
Population
30 adult patients who underwent ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in a hypertension clinic during a…
Comparison
6-hour daytime ambulatory blood pressure… vs 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurements
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6-h daytime BP yielded higher readings without altering management; leaves open whether abbreviated protocols suffice for hypertension decisions.
Does 6-hour daytime ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provide similar clinical decision-making information compared to 24-hour monitoring in patients evaluated for hypertension?
6-hour daytime ambulatory blood pressure monitoring provides sufficient information to guide clinical decision making compared to 24-hour monitoring, potentially avoiding patient discomfort and sleep disturbance.
Vornovitsky et al. (2013) studied this question.
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