To provide evidence-based recommendations and standardized clinical protocols for measuring blood pressure across office, ambulatory, and home settings.
Expert consensus panel evaluated methodological standards, validation protocols, and diagnostic cutoffs for clinic, ambulatory, and home blood pressure monitoring.
Guidelines established recommendations regarding patient posture, cuff dimensions, measurement schedules, and validated device selection.
Standardized protocols define distinct diagnostic thresholds for clinic, 24-hour ambulatory, daytime, nighttime, and self-monitored home blood pressure values.
Out-of-office monitoring modalities are recommended alongside clinic measurements to confirm hypertension diagnoses and detect white-coat and masked hypertension.