Journal of hypertension
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Journal of hypertension · Apr 2015
Accuracy of self-monitored blood pressure for diagnosing hypertension in primary care.
To assess the diagnostic accuracy of recommendations for self-monitoring blood pressure (BP) for diagnosing hypertension in primary care. ⋯ Hypertension can be ruled out in the majority of patients with elevated clinic BP using the average of the first 5 consecutive days of self-monitored BP, supporting lower limits for self-monitoring readings in current guidelines. Performing readings beyond day 5 and including readings taken on the first day had no clinical impact on diagnostic accuracy.