Self monitoring of high blood pressure

Self-monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy.

Self monitoring of blood pressure at home.

[Which threshold values should be recommended in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and self blood pressure monitoring?].

New methods to evaluate blood pressure – such as ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and home monitoring of blood pressure (HMBP), have been increasingly more used in clinical practice as key source of additional information to the traditional evaluation of blood pressure measuring at the doctor’s office. There is a growing body of evidence available to show that both methods are strong...

[Guidelines for self-monitoring of blood pressure at home].

UNLABELLED Home blood pressure (BP) measurements are indispensable for the improvement of hypertension management in medical practice as well as for the recognition of hypertension in the population. The Working Group for Establishment of Guidelines for Measurement Procedures of Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure at Home of the Japanese Society of Hypertension has established standards for all t...

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Comparative Effectiveness Executive Summary

High blood pressure (BP), or hypertension, is a common, long-term health condition, particularly among older adults. Untreated or ineffectively treated hypertension leads to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and increased consumption of health care resources, thus levying high human and financial costs to society. In adults, hypertension is defined as a persistently elevated BP ...