{"id":7108,"date":"2012-04-22T11:52:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T11:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=7108"},"modified":"2023-08-04T06:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T00:37:14","slug":"ambulatory-blood-pressure-bp-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/ambulatory-blood-pressure-bp-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambulatory BP monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7BMie78ynbM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ambulatory BP monitoring<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is well known that blood pressure of an individual can vary widely at various times of the day. There is also a so called \u201cwhite coat effect\u201d in which blood pressure is elevated when recorded in the medical setting. Ambulatory BP monitoring and home monitoring are two methods which have been developed to assess the \u2018true\u2019 blood pressure in an ideal setting.&nbsp; A blood pressure cuff applied over the arm is connected by tubings to the inflation and recording device kept in a belt pouch. The device can be programmed to measure blood pressure at varying intervals like 15 or 30 minutes throughout the day and night.<\/p>\n<p>The subject is asked to avoid movements of the arm while the cuff inflation and deflation are going on. The readings can be analyzed by a computer software to get average blood pressure, diurnal rhythm of blood pressure variation and the blood pressure variability. The average blood pressure determines the possible target organ damage better than the clinic measured blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Dip in pressures during sleep is used to classify individuals into dippers, extreme dippers, non dippers and reverse dippers. Dip = (1-Systolic BP during sleep\/Systolic BP while awake), expressed as a percentage. <em><strong>Negative value indicates reverse dipper<\/strong><\/em>. Values less than 10 percent are considered in the <strong>non-dipper<\/strong> range, while 10-20% range constitutes the <strong>dippers<\/strong> and more than 20% constitute the <strong>extreme dippers<\/strong>. The morning surge in blood pressure has been linked to cardiovascular events and stroke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambulatory BP monitoring and home monitoring are two methods which have been developed to assess the \u2018true\u2019 blood pressure in an ideal setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ambulatory BP monitoring<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ambulatory BP monitoring and home monitoring are two methods which have been developed to assess the \u2018true\u2019 blood pressure in 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