Provides an educational overview of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for general practitioners, including indications and interpretation of results.
Supports primary care ABPM education; leaves open prospective evaluation of implementation and outcomes.
This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2011 which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you, and interpretation of results.
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