[How many days, which period of the day and how many measurements per day are recommended in home blood pressure monitoring?].

نویسندگان

  • Audes Diógenes de Magalhães Feitosa
  • Marco Antônio Mota Gomes
  • Décio Mion Júnior
چکیده

In 2001 the first Brazilian guidelines for the use of home monitoring of blood pressure (HMBP) were published. Those guidelines stated that although a number of HMBP protocols were in use at the time, there was no standard pattern. Recommendation was then for at least two measures in the morning before medications and before breakfast -, and two in the evening before dinner or three hours after dinner, in order to avoid post-prandial reduction of blood pressure (BP). The procedures should be carried out at least for three consecutive days of routine activities. First day measures should be disconsidered.1

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

دوره 85 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005