Is there a need to redo many of the diagnoses of hypertension?
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Most hypertensive subjects undergoing treatment were diagnosed solely through measurements made in the consultation office. The objective of this study was to redo the diagnosis of treated patients after new clinical measurements and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)...
Main Authors: | José Marcos Thalenberg, Bráulio Luna Filho, Maria Teresa Nogueira Bombig, Yoná Afonso Francisco, Rui Manuel dos Santos Póvoa |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Associação Paulista de Medicina
|
Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000300007&lng=en&tlng=en |
Similar Items
-
Untreated newly diagnosed essential hypertension is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a population of a hypertensive center
by: Michopoulos S, et al.
Published: (2016-01-01) -
The validity of a daytime ambulatory blood pressure to diagnose masked hypertension
by: Abdulhalim Jamal Kinsara, et al.
Published: (2020-07-01) -
Teste de respiração lenta aumenta a suspeita da hipertensão do avental branco no consultório Slow breathing test increases the suspicion of white-coat hypertension in the office
by: José Marcos Thalenberg, et al.
Published: (2008-10-01) -
Determining The Factors that Influence Blood Pressure Variability in Children with Essential Hypertension
by: Iva Škorić, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01) -
Demographic and clinical characteristics of hypertensive patients in the internal medicine outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro
by: Elizabeth Silaid Muxfeldt, et al.