Emergency Department-Provided Home Blood Pressure Devices Can Help Detect Undiagnosed Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency departments (EDs) are critical sites for hypertension (HTN) screening. Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring (HBPM) is used routinely in outpatient settings, yet its utility after the ED visit for those with elevated BP in the ED is unclear.

Aim

In this pilot study, we assessed if HBPM could detect HTN in patients with elevated in-ED BP.

Methods

From September 2014 to July 2017, we recruited adult patients at an urban, academic ED with a triage BP ≥ 120/80 mmHg and no history of HTN into this prospective cohort observational study. After their ED visit, participants obtained BP measurements for two weeks using a validated HBPM. HTN was considered probable if the average HBPM BP was ≥ 135/85 mmHg. We calculated the proportion of participants whose

SUBMITTER: Goldberg EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407636 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature