Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring should be used in the primary care setting to diagnose hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1057-1058

  Davis, T Keefe ^a   Davis, A Jill ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mercy Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MASKED HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84882343262     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt089     Document Type: Editorial

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