Titre
Unpredictability of blood pressures recorded outside the clinic in the treated hypertensive patient
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Porchet, M.
Auteure/Auteur
Bussien, J. P.
Auteure/Auteur
Waeber, B.
Auteure/Auteur
Nussberger, J.
Auteure/Auteur
Brunner, H. R.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
0160-2446
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1986-04
Volume
8
Numéro
2
Première page
332
Dernière page/numéro d’article
5
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Mar-Apr
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Mar-Apr
Résumé
Ambulatory blood pressure profiles were obtained with the Remler M2000, a portable semiautomatic blood pressure recorder, in 38 chronically treated hypertensive patients who continued to have blood pressures measured by their physician greater than 140 mm Hg systolic and greater than 89 mm Hg diastolic. On the average, ambulatory recorded blood pressures were significantly lower (151/94 +/- 26/13 mm Hg; mean +/- SD) than those determined at the clinic not only by a physician (179/109 +/- 22/11 mm Hg), but by a nurse (163/101 +/- 24/10 mm Hg). Individual mean recorded ambulatory blood pressures could be predicted neither from office readings obtained by a physician nor from those measured by a nurse. Because of this unpredictability of blood pressures prevailing outside the clinic, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring seems to be very useful, if not necessary, in assessing the efficacy of antihypertensive drugs. By this technique, it may be possible to select patients who do not need a change of treatment although their blood pressure levels remain persistently elevated in the physician's office.
Sujets
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Date de création
2008-03-05T15:41:18.232Z
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2025-05-20T14:22:38Z