A panel of US experts said yesterday that patients with high blood pressure should be regularly measuring it at home to help them and their doctors manage the disease.
The advice was published online yesterday in the journal Hypertension, will be printed in the June issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and comprises a joint statement from three medical organizations: the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses’ Association.
The panel wrote that an increasing number of patients are measuring their blood pressure regularly at home, and although this practice has been endorsed by national and international guidelines, there are no detailed guidelines. Read more…
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Posted By: ashley | May 23rd