Is self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy safe and effective?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hodgkinson, James A ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^b   Crawford, Carole ^b   Greenfield, Sheila M ^a   Heneghan, Carl ^b   Hinton, Lisa ^b   Khan, Khalid ^c   Locock, Louise ^b,d   Mackillop, Lucy ^e   McCourt, Christine ^f   Selwood, Mary ^b   McManus, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF MONITORING; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84911366930     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6616     Document Type: Article

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