Erschienen in:
01.06.2012 | Editorials
Is It Time for a Blood Pressure Measurement “Bundle”?
verfasst von:
Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE, Raymond R. Townsend, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 6/2012
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Excerpt
The poor reliability of clinic-based blood pressure (BP) measurements is not news to any practicing primary care provider (PCP). Many studies have documented significant differences between BP values measured in the context of a clinic visit, a research study, at home, and using ambulatory monitors.
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3 For this very reason, some PCPs habitually repeat the BP measurements provided by their staff, something they wouldn’t necessarily consider for more reliable primary care measures like a patient’s body weight. …