Diagnosing hypertension in primary care: a retrospective cohort study to investigate the importance of night-time blood pressure assessment.
Laura Catherine ArmitageShaun DavidsonAdam MahdiMirae HarfordRichard J McManusAndrew J FarmerPeter J WatkinsonLionel TarassenkoPublished in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2022)
Not measuring night-time BP puts reverse-dippers (those with a BP rise at night-time) at risk of failure to identify hypertension. As a result of this study, it is recommended that GPs should offer ABPM to all patients aged ≥60 years as a minimum when assessing for hypertension.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- primary care
- hypertensive patients
- end stage renal disease
- heart rate
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- sleep quality
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- blood glucose
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity
- depressive symptoms
- insulin resistance
- patient reported
- clinical evaluation