Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring improve the diagnosis of hypertension in pregnant women?
Population
Pregnant women
Design
Review
Authors
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Standard ABPM thresholds may misclassify hypertension risk in pregnancy; leaves open validation of gestational age-specific references.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring improve the diagnosis of hypertension in pregnant women?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy requires specific reference thresholds that account for gestational age and baseline gender differences to accurately diagnose hypertension.
Hermida et al. (2004) studied this question.
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