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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Aka: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- See Also
- Blood Pressure
- Blood Pressure Physiology
- Definitions
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Automated 24-48 hour Blood Pressure recording
- Analogous to a Holter Monitor for Blood Pressure
- Indications
- Newly diagnosed Hypertension (especially borderline)
- White-coat Hypertension
- Drug-Resistant Hypertension
- Pregnancy-induced Hypertension
- Evaluation of antihypertensive efficacy
- Episodes of symptomatic Hypertension
- Autonomic Neuropathy
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Identify increased or decreased Blood Pressure patterns (e.g. high in morning, compared with evening)
- Cost
- Initial equipment investment: $5000
- Patient cost: $100 to $300
- Precautions
- Overnight readings are often inaccurate or absent from recording
- Most patients do not tolerate interrupted sleep by cuff inflation
- References
- Gardner (2001) J Am Board Fam Pract 14(3):166-71 [PubMed]
- Marchiando (2003) Am Fam Physician 67(11):2343-50 [PubMed]
- Myers (2001) Can J Cardiol 17(5):581-6 [PubMed]