12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published editorial in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (JASH), Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Should Be Included in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES)- Vol 6, No 5, 2012, recognizes the importance of this national survey instrument but questions the efficiency of its diagnostic methods in assessing hypertension in the population*.
What does ABPM stand for?
ABPM stands for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
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This process - ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) - involves wearing a cuff and a box on a belt for a day as the patient goes about their daily life, to give a series of readings under normal conditions.
The process, known as ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, involves patients wearing a cuff and a box on a belt for a day which gives a series of readings under normal conditions.
The volume's 19 chapters describe the methodology of self and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in research and clinical practice; advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of the circadian biology of cardiovascular disease; issues of ambulatory blood pressure in special populations of patients with hypertension; and the effects of antihypertensive drug therapy on the circadian variation of blood pressure, heart rate, and myocardial ischemia.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is often utilized in the healthcare setting for a multitude of indications including the evaluation of episodic hypertension.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) devices were applied to these subjects for 48 hours.
Follow-up 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring conducted 3 and 6 months after completing the acupuncture showed blood pressures had returned to pretreatment levels.
Follow-up 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring conducted 3 and 6 months after completing the acupuncture showed blood pressures had returned to pretreatment levels.