Fig. 1 : (a) Showing normal diurnal pattern in a normal person. Night time is shown as dark on time scale. SBP as well as DBP dip at night. (b) Showing inadequate nocturnal dip in a person with normal day time BP. (c) Showing nocturnal hypertension in a person with only transient episodes of hypertension during day. Fig. 2 : (a) Showing normal day time BP with over dipping at night. SBP falling...

objective : this study aims to describe the blood pressure profile of newborns of preeclampsia mothers in vali-e-asr hospital during 2003-2004. materials and methods : in this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study 200 mothers and their newborns were studied. blood pressure of all newborns was checked by oscillometric method on the first day after birth and recorded in a questionnaire alo...

Because blood pressure (BP) is an ever changing hemodynamic phenomenon, a BP value, once measured at a physician's office (Office BP), is often unrepresentative of an individual's true BP status. Both ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) provide more accurate and reproducible estimate of BP, and produce stronger predictive ability for cardiovascu...

INTRODUCTION The variability of arterial blood pressure (BP) is considered an important cardiovascular risk factor. OBJECTIVE To verify the possible associations between the postprandial and the sleeping blood pressure variability. METHODS This study evaluated systolic, diastolic, mean, pulse pressures and heart variability in 69 elderly patients in preprandial, postprandial and sleeping pe...

BACKGROUND Whilst the burden of non-communicable diseases is increasing in developing countries, little data is available on blood pressure among Tanzanian children. This study aimed at determining the blood pressure profiles and risk factors associated with elevated blood pressure among primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional survey among 44...

This study evaluated the effects of inhalation of Lavender essential oil on vital signs in ICU open-heart surgery. This study is a clinical single-blind trial. The study was conducted on 40 patients who had open-heart surgery in the Cardiac ICU of two Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012. Criteria included: full Consciousness, lack of hemorrhage, lack of heart rate reduction...

This study evaluated the effects of inhalation of Lavender essential oil on vital signs in ICU open-heart surgery. This study is a clinical single-blind trial. The study was conducted on 40 patients who had open-heart surgery in the Cardiac ICU of two Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2012. Criteria included: full Consciousness, lack of hemorrhage, lack of heart rate reduction...

BackgroundAn elevated arterial pressure is probably the most important public health problem in developed countries. Although the measurement of blood pressure in the clinic has been the cornerstone of the diagnosis and management of hypertension, it has some limitations. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a method of blood pressure assessment which compensates for some of the limit...