"More home monitoring" to counter white-coat syndrome
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
It is time to stop using high blood pressure readings documented by general practitioners to make treatment decisions." This is the conclusion of UK research into alternative ways of monitoring blood pressure, which finds that measurements by doctors are likely to be significantly higher than those made in a home or ambulatory setting - thereby providing an inaccurate diagnosis and a worse prediction of response to treatment and adverse outcomes.