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2886776

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8554
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
Blood-pressure screening in a family health centre identified 114 patients (53 male, 61 female) with diastolic pressures of 95 mm Hg and greater after three readings in the seated position (mean 163 [SEM 2]/104 mm Hg). All were instructed in the use of the 'Copal UA 231/251' electronic sphygmomanometer and produced a series of readings taken at home over 3 days. They were recalled after 2 weeks and 4 weeks for repeat clinic measurements of blood pressure. Blood pressure fell on successive clinic visits; at the final visit only 59 patients (31 male, 28 female) had diastolic pressures of 95 mm Hg or greater. Average day-time home blood-pressure measurements (155/94 mm Hg) were significantly lower than the screening blood-pressure measurements but were not significantly different from those at the third clinic visit (154/97 mm Hg). Home blood-pressure measurements were successful in predicting outcome at the third clinic visit in 90 (79%) patients; home-monitored pressures suggested normotension when the final clinic visit diastolic blood pressure was still above 95 mm Hg in only 16 (14%) patients. Only 2 of these had a final clinic diastolic pressure above 105 mm Hg. Home monitoring represents a practicable and acceptable alternative to repeated clinic measurements in the initial assessment of hypertensive patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
322-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Changing relation between home and clinic blood-pressure measurements: do home measurements predict clinic hypertension?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't