Cincinnati, OH - The American Heart Association (AHA) is recommending ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) for certain children and adolescents suspected of having high blood pressure. In a ...
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is increasingly used for the diagnosis of hypertension, including white-coat hypertension, 1 and assessment of blood pressure (BP) control. It is more ...
Two new studies presented this week at the virtual Hypertension 2020 Scientific Sessions emphasize the importance of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) for diagnosing hypertension—one showed ...
Halifax, NS - An observational study reported at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2001 in Halifax, Nova Scotia has found "white-coat" effects on blood pressure (BP) readings - when a patient's BP ...
Patients suspected of having high blood pressure are to be given home monitoring devices over fears millions have been misdiagnosed because they were simply nervous in the doctor's surgery. About a ...
GPs could be paid an incentive to use ambulatory blood pressure readings to confirm all new diagnoses of hypertension, under NICE proposals for a new QOF indicator set out yesterday. The NICE Primary ...
The big one is hypertension diagnosis following ABPM. This is likely to involve a major capital investment in practices and take significant time from both practices and patients. This will need a ...