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Automated office blood pressure measurement for routine clinical practice
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Myers, MG and Nelson, MR and Head, GA, Automated office blood pressure measurement for routine clinical practice, Medical Journal of Australia, 197, (7) pp. 372-373. ISSN 0025-729X (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
An accurate blood pressure (BP) reading can be
obtained if measurement guidelines are followed
properly. However, BP readings recorded in
routine clinical practice are often inaccurate and much
higher than mean awake ambulatory BP values and
readings obtained by home measurement. In studies
that have included data on office BP readings that were
recorded manually in routine clinical practice (ie, not in the
context of a research study), mean office BP readings are
about 10/5 mmHg higher than mean awake ambulatory BP
values and home BP readings. Several factors contribute
to the poor quality of manually recorded office readings,
including the anxiety patients experience in the doctor’s
office, poor measurement technique and patient–observer
interaction. The development of a new class of automated
sphygmomanometers has made it possible to eliminate
many of these factors, with the result being more accurate
office BP measurement that is less subject to white-coat
effect (office-induced hypertension).
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | blood pressure monitoring |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Nelson, MR (Professor Mark Nelson) |
ID Code: | 79968 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2012-10-16 |
Last Modified: | 2017-12-07 |
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