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Inaccurate BP measurement is a persistent global problem leading to incorrect hypertension classification, misdiagnosis, or missed cardiovascular risk, highlighting the need for efforts to optimize measurement on a global scale.
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Demands rigorous BP measurement protocols in routine care; leaves open the design of effective global training programs.
Blood pressure (BP) measurement, a technique first described over century ago, is an essential component of clinical care and critical the detection and management of hypertension.1 Accordingly, ramifications of inaccurate BP measurement, which is a per‐ and pervasive problem worldwide, are profound.2 Assuming global prevalence of hypertension of 1.4 billion,3 a 5‐mmHg error BP measurement has been estimated to result in the incorrect of hypertension status in at least 84 million individ‐ worldwide.4 In addition, incorrect classification has important for individual patients, whether it leads to misdiagno‐ and inappropriate prescribing of antihypertensive drugs, or to of recognition of an clinical condition that can cause devastat‐ cardiovascular consequences. The continued rise in the global of hypertension has made work related to optimizing BP even more critical, and notwithstanding similar initia‐ that have been conducted or are ongoing, additional efforts improve BP measurement on a global scale are clearly needed.5
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