• Alison Raffman, Umang Shah, Jackson F Barr, Soha Hassan, Lesley U Azike, Saman Tanveer, Suzanne Bracklow, Brandon Parker, Daniel J Haase, and Quincy K Tran.
• University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. Electronic address: Alison.raffman@som.umaryland.edu.
• Am J Emerg Med. 2021 May 1; 43: 170-174.

ObjectiveBlood pressure (BP) measurements are important for managing patients with hypertensive emergencies (HE). Previous studies showed that there was significant difference between IABP and NIBP but no information whether these differences changed management. Our study investigated the factors associated with the differences affecting BP management of patients with HE.MethodsThis was a retrospective study involving adult patients admitted to a resuscitation unit. We screened all patients who received IABP upon admission between 06/01/2017 and 12/31/2017 as sample size calculation recommended 64 patients. Primary outcome was the clinical relevance of the difference of IABP vs. NIBP, which was defined as having both: a) difference of 10 mm of mercury (mmHg), and b) resulting in possible change of blood pressure managements according to treatment guidelines. We performed backward stepwise multivariable logistic regression to measure associations.ResultsWe analyzed 147 patients whose mean age was 69 (±16) years and included 69 (47%) patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH). Mean difference between IABP and NIBP was 21 (±16) mmHg while 41 (28%) patients who had difference affecting managements. In multivariable regression, sICH (Odd Ratios 13.5, 95%CI 2.3-79.5, p-value < 0.001) was significantly associated with clinically relevant difference between the two modalities of BP monitoring.ConclusionsThere was a large difference between IABP and NIBP among patients with hypertensive emergencies. Up to 30% of patients had clinically relevant differences. Patients with sICH were more likely to have differences affecting BP management. Further studies are needed to confirm our observation.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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