[Blood pressure measurement as performed in outpatient clinics is inexpedient].
Ugeskr Laeger
; 179(21)2017 May 22.
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| ID: mdl-28553913
ABSTRACT
Traditional office blood pressure (OBP) measurement as performed in busy outpatient clinics agrees poorly with awake ambulatory BP, and generally BP is severely overestimated. Especially elderly patients may be overtreated with the risk of symptomatic hypotension and fall injuries. Furthermore, truly high OBP measurements are often ignored as white coat hypertension, which leads to undertreatment of hypertension in high-risk individuals. Traditional OBP is thus of limited use and may even be harmful. Better methods are available and should be implemented.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Determinación de la Presión Sanguínea
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Instituciones de Atención Ambulatoria
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
Idioma:
Da
Revista:
Ugeskr Laeger
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article