Why the study?
Does self-determined blood pressure measurement provide equivalent values to ambulatory and casual measurements in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension?
Population
31 patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension
Comparison
Self-determined blood pressure measurement and… vs Casual blood pressure measurements
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7 days
Authors
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Self-determined BP may equate daytime ambulatory values in mild-moderate hypertension; leaves open its role versus casual readings before practice change.
Does self-determined blood pressure measurement provide equivalent values to ambulatory and casual measurements in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension?
Self-determined blood pressure measurement is an economical and equivalent alternative to ambulatory monitoring for obtaining representative blood pressure values in hypertension.
Marolf et al. (2008) studied this question.
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