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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2018

Achieving reliable blood pressure measurements in clinical practice: It's time to meet the challenge.

Eoin O'Brien, Eamon Dolan, George S Stergiou

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Eoin O'BrienThe Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-5417-7977
Eamon DolanStroke and Hypertension Unit, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
George S StergiouHypertension Center STRIDE-7, School of Medicine, Third Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6132-0038

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A summary of statements for blood pressure (BP) measurement in the evaluation of hypertension in the 21st century by 25 international experts is provided. The status of office, home and ambulatory BP measurement techniques are discussed. Office BP measurement, whether automated (preferred), or otherwise, should only be used as a screening measurement, and diagnostic decisions for the initiation and titration of drug treatment should be based on out-of-office measurements (ambulatory or home). The hardware and software requirements and the adaptations of BP measuring devices to record other cardiovascular functions, such as arrhythmias, and adaptations for smartphone use and for electronic transmission are discussed. Regulatory bodies are urged to make accuracy and performance assessment mandatory before marketing BP measuring devices. The legal implications of manufacturing inaccurate devices are noted.

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Blood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryHistory, 21st CenturyHumansHypertensionOffice VisitsReproducibility of ResultsSphygmomanometersaccuracyambulatory blood pressureclinic blood pressureconsumer bodiesDevicehome blood pressurelegal issuesmeasurementregulatory authoritiesvalidation

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PMID30003700
PMCPMC8031076

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