Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
复制标题
DOI:
10.15420/ecr.2015.10.2.95
复制
发表时间:
2015-12-01
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
MacDonald, Thomas
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
George, Jacob;MacDonald, Thomas
Hypertension is the most common preventable cause of cardiovascular disease. Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) is a self-monitoring tool that can be incorporated into the care for patients with hypertension and is recommended by major guidelines. A growing body of evidence supports the benefits of patient HBPM compared with office-based monitoring: these include improved control of BP, diagnosis of white-coat hypertension and prediction of cardiovascular risk. Furthermore, HBPM is cheaper and easier to perform than 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). All HBPM devices require validation, however, as inaccurate readings have been found in a high proportion of monitors. New technology features a longer inflatable area within the cuff that wraps all the way round the arm, increasing the 'acceptable range' of placement and thus reducing the impact of cuff placement on reading accuracy, thereby overcoming the limitations of current devices.