Authors

1Ana Carmen Macías Rodríguez, 2Diego José Feria Lorenzo, 1Mª Carmen Carrasco Acosta, 1José Arenas Fernández, 1Ana Barquero González, 1Manuel Márquez Garrido, 2Rocío León López

Position

¹Profesora/o Titular de la EUE Universidad de Huelva.²Profesor/a colaboradora de la EUE Universidad de Huelva.

Contact address

Universidad de Huelva. C/ Pablo Rada. m 3. 2º B. 21004 Huelva.

Abstract

The optimum technique for measuring blood pressure (BP) is still the object of controversy. For decades, the procedure of reference was measurement during a visit to the practice by doctors or nurses using a mercury sphygmomanometer. However, several studies have shown that the BP measured by healthcare staff at the practice is often not representative of the normal BP of the individual outside the healthcare environment.

This work hopes to present the indications of outpatient monitoring of blood pressure (OMBP) in patients considered as hypertense, monitoring methods: techniques for measuring it, characteristics of the blood pressure reading obtained, the variability of blood pressure and side effects of some of the methods. Similarly, white coat or office hypertension and the applicability of OMBP to this type of hypertension will be explored in more detail.

Keywords:

blood pressure; arterial hypertension; Outpatient Monitoring of Blood Pressurewhite coat or office hypertension

Versión en Español

Título:

Monitorización ambulatoria de la presión arterial e hipertensión de bata blanca