[Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM): Statement from chilean pediatric nephrology committee]. / Monitorización Ambulatoria de Presión Arterial (MAPA): Recomendaciones de la rama de nefrología pediátrica.

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a useful clinical tool for the diagnosis and confir mation of arterial hypertension in pediatrics, and also allows the diagnosis of special conditions such as white coat hypertension and masked hypertension. There are international recommendations for its implementation and interpretation, however, there are still unresolved questions. This guide summarizes the available literature and attempts to standardize, through consensus of national specia lists, the application of this technique. More research studies are needed that provide new reference values and determine the relationship of alterations in ABPM with long-term clinical results.