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Ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) vs Conventional clinic blood pressure measurement
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Supports selective ambulatory monitoring in hypertension care; leaves open need for outcome trials before broad practice change.
Ambulatory blood pressure measurement provides a comprehensive profile of blood pressure behavior, which is particularly valuable for identifying white coat hypertension, nocturnal hypertension, and guiding antihypertensive therapy.
A 2001 study studied this question.
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