Home blood pressure: are we measuring the true blood pressure?

Home Blood Pressure Measurement

The purpose of this research was to review the literature on home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) and to provide recommendations regarding HBPM assessment. Observational studies on HBPM, published after 1992, as identified by PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane literature searches were reviewed. Studies were selected if they met the following criteria: 1) self-measurements had been performed with va...

Home blood pressure monitoring.

Home blood pressure monitoring.

Home blood pressure monitoring Shah and colleagues found patients with heart failure who lived in areas of socioeconomic deprivation were less likely than those in more affluent areas to be treated with recommended beta blockers. 1 We recently investigated use of home blood pressure (BP) monitoring in stroke patients registered at a deprived inner city general practice in Lambeth. In March 2008...

[Home blood pressure measurement].

Hypertension, the leading global risk factor for early mortality, can not be detected or treated without accurate and practical methods of blood pressure (BP) measurement. Although home BP measurement enjoys considerable popularity among patients, the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension are still mostly based on office measurements. However, recent studies have shown that home BP is more st...

A Comparison of Office Blood Pressure, Telemedical Home Blood Pressure and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Background: Telemonitoring of home blood pressure (HBP) is a new advance in blood pressure monitoring. The aim of this study was to compare office blood pressure (OBP) and telemedical home blood pressure with daytime ambulatory blood pressure (ABP). Methods: One hundred and two patients were recruited consecutively from our Renal Outpatients’ Clinic. Office blood pressure was measured three tim...