Why the study?
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring improve the diagnosis and management of hypertensive disorders in pregnant women compared to conventional sphygmomanometry?
Population
Pregnant women
Comparison
Ambulatory automated blood pressure monitoring vs Conventional sphygmomanometry
Design
Review
Authors
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May reduce measurement errors in pregnancy hypertension; leaves open whether ABPM improves diagnosis or management versus office readings.
Does ambulatory blood pressure monitoring improve the diagnosis and management of hypertensive disorders in pregnant women compared to conventional sphygmomanometry?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring offers standardized measurements away from the clinical environment, potentially reducing errors associated with conventional sphygmomanometry in pregnancy.
Shennan et al. (1998) studied this question.
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