TY - JOUR
AU - Cohen, Debbie
AB - Guidelines for the diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension were historically based on in-office blood pressure measurements. However, the US Preventive Services Task Force recently expanded their recommendations on screening for hypertension to include out-of-office blood pressure measurements to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension. Out-of-office blood pressure monitoring modalities, including ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and home blood pressure monitoring, are important tools in distinguishing between normotension, masked hypertension, white-coat hypertension, and sustained (including uncontrolled or drug-resistant) hypertension. Compared to in-office readings, out-of-office blood pressures are a greater predictor of renal and cardiac morbidity and mortality. There are multiple barriers to the implementation of out-of-office blood pressure monitoring which need to be overcome in order to promote more widespread use of these modalities.
TI - Integrating Out-of-Office Blood Pressure in the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension
JF - Current Cardiology Reports
DO - 10.1007/s11886-016-0780-3
DA - 2016-09-28
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/integrating-out-of-office-blood-pressure-in-the-diagnosis-and-cFXv4BtGOR
SP - 1
EP - 8
VL - 18
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -