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[Ambulatory blood pressure measurement]. 1998

M S van der Steen, and J W Lenders, and T Thien

Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Algemene Interne Geneeskunde, Nijmegen.

Non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is used as an additional diagnostic procedure particularly in specialist hypertension care. One application is diagnosing white coat hypertension. In general practice there is no established place for this diagnostic tool so far. At this time several studies are being carried out to investigate the prognostic value of ABPM. There are protocols of validation for ABPM monitors; nine of the 45 available up to now have been approved by the two most important test protocols. Reference values for normotension and hypertension are determined for the general population, but not for special groups of patients or for exercise conditions. One of the frequently mentioned advantages of ABPM over office blood pressure reading is the higher correlation of ABPM with hypertensive organ damage. To a large extent this superiority is based on the larger number of blood pressure readings. Repeated standardized office measurements reduce this advantage of ABPM.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006973	Hypertension	Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.	Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D008297	Male		Males
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015203	Reproducibility of Results	The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.	Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face
D018660	Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory	Method in which repeated blood pressure readings are made while the patient undergoes normal daily activities. It allows quantitative analysis of the high blood pressure load over time, can help distinguish between types of HYPERTENSION, and can assess the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy.	Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring,Monitoring, Ambulatory Blood Pressure,Blood Pressure Monitoring, Home,Blood Pressure Monitoring, Self,Home Blood Pressure Monitoring,Self Blood Pressure Monitoring