Assessment of blood pressure skills and belief in clinical readings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate blood pressure (BP) measurement is essential for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. In clinical practice, BP is estimated using noninvasive methods with significant variability of application of guidelines in clinical practice, impacting the accuracy and certainty of BP measurements.

Objective

We sought to assess how BP is measured in clinical practice.

Methods

A survey was administered through professional societies that included predominantly cardiologists. Assessment of adherence to guideline recommendations for BP assessment was measured and compared to the level of confidence in clinic BP measurement.

Results

There were 571 surveys completed. The majority of respondents were cardiologists (61.1%), with 47 preventive cardiolog

SUBMITTER: Gulati M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546363 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature