Population
Hypertensive patients
Comparison
Self-monitoring of blood pressure vs Clinic measurement or ambulatory monitoring
Design
Guideline
Authors
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Affirms adjunct role for self-monitoring in hypertension management; reinforces primacy of clinical and ambulatory monitoring for key decisions.
Self-monitoring of blood pressure is a useful adjunct for hypertension management but currently lacks the validation to replace clinical or ambulatory measurements for primary diagnostic or therapeutic decisions.
White et al. (1999) studied this question.
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