Comparing Automated Office Blood Pressure Readings With Other Methods of Blood Pressure Measurement for Identifying Patients With Possible Hypertension | Zendy

Michael Roerecke | Zendy; Janusz Kaczorowski | Zendy; Martin G. Myers | Zendy

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Comparing Automated Office Blood Pressure Readings With Other Methods of Blood Pressure Measurement for Identifying Patients With Possible Hypertension

Author(s) -

Michael Roerecke,

Janusz Kaczorowski,

Martin G. Myers

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6551

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , sphygmomanometer , ambulatory , ambulatory blood pressure , diastole , meta analysis , systole , cardiology , mean difference , cochrane library , confidence interval

Automated office blood pressure (AOBP) measurement involves recording several blood pressure (BP) readings using a fully automated oscillometric sphygmomanometer with the patient resting alone in a quiet place. Although several studies have shown AOBP measurement to be more accurate than routine office BP measurement and not subject to a "white coat effect," the cumulative evidence has not yet been systematically reviewed.

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