Value of ambulatory blood pressure measurement in diagnosing hypotension in hypertensive diabetic patients with medication-controlled BP.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypotension is a common clinical finding in diabetic patients on anti-hypertensive medications. In the absence of clearly defined and documented hypotensive episodes, clinicians are faced with the challenge of modifying antihypertensive medication in potentially symptomatic diabetic patients.

Objective

To determine the value of ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM) in diagnosing hypotensive episodes in hypertensive diabetic patients with medication-controlled blood pressure.

Patients and methods

The records of all hypertensive diabetic patients with medication-controlled were obtained between 2017 and 2018. Patients' demographic data, comorbid conditions, hypotensive symptoms and echocardiography results were obtained and compared to office-based blood p

SUBMITTER: Alghalayini K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298423 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature