The measurement of blood pressure in nonclinical settings may be helpful if certain indications are present.
Blood pressure monitoring in nonclinical settings may take the form of:
(1) home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM)
(2) ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
Reason for Monitoring
HBPM
ABPM
suspect white coat hypertension
Yes
elderly patient
pregnant woman
diabetes, especially Type 1
guiding antihypertensive therapy
monitoring compliance
resistant hypertension
hypotensive episodes
Possibly
nocturnal changes in blood pressure
No
autonomic failure
Additional indications for monitoring:
(1) suspect masked hypertension
(2) monitoring blood pressure change after certain activities
(3) correlating blood pressure with certain symptoms
Blood pressure readings in nonclinical settings can be valuable if they are accurate, precise and correlated with other clinical findings.
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Purpose: To identify a patient who may be a candidate for home or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
Specialty: Cardiology
Objective: other testing, severity, prognosis, stage, response to therapy
ICD-10: I10, I11, I12, I13, I15,
