Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Used for “The Dr. Oz Show”

On Tuesday, September 22, The Dr. Oz Show explored how stress is destroying women's bodies and revealed an Ultimate Anti-Stress Checklist. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was used to assess how stress affected a busy mom's blood pressure throughout the day. The data produced an overall blood pressure profile which is a key indicator of her overall health. Dr. Oz pointed out a few hypertensive readings during the test, which were directly related to stressful tasks...

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The Importance of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring...cont.

Part 2 of 2: What is ABPM? Why should I get a test? ABPM Blood Pressure Guidelines. 

Most hypertension opinion leaders regard ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as the gold standard for risk assessment since it is superior to both clinic and home BP measurement [4],[5]. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a 24 hour blood pressure test in which readings are taken every 15-30 min during the day and 20-60 min during asleep hours.

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The Importance of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Part 1 of 2: Defining Blood Pressure, Office and Home Blood Pressure Measurement.  

In order to understand the importance of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, one first needs to understand why blood pressure is important to measure. While hypertension specialists understand the value of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, some family practice physicians don't understand the utility of ABPM over home blood pressure monitoring. Let's start with the basics...

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NIBP Simulators: For best results…

As a leading global provider of OEM NIBP technologies, we work very closely with various medical device manufacturers and biomedical engineering departments as they apply oscillometric NIBP simulators to assist with their device development or equipment maintenance efforts.

When using NIBP simulators, it is extremely important to understand the challenges and potential pitfalls that can affect your results...

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"Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers!" Week

Apparently millions in the UK don't! And the Blood Pressure Association, a UK charity dedicated to lowering the nation's BP, wants to raise awareness of the so-called "silent killer" by promoting its largest event of the year, Know your Numbers! Week 2009. It's happening this week, 7-13 September, at thousands of Pressure Stations across the country.

While this is at a country-level, the most important part of these events is the awareness raised and the participation at the local level. There are days, weeks, and months that organizations like the American Heart Association (May) and the World Hypertension League (15 May annually) set aside to focus on raising people's awareness of their blood pressure. The good thing is that we live in a world where this has never been easier to do. And in the UK, this is the time to do it.

 

Larger Blood Pressure Cuffs, Please!

If you ask any nurse or doctor about blood pressure (BP) cuffs, one of the most common questions you will receive is "Why can't we get a larger cuff?" With the obesity epidemic increasing globally, the need for larger blood pressure cuffs is becoming more pronounced. The World Health Organization states that "currently more than 1 billion adults are overweight - and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese."1

So why can't BP cuff manufacturers just make larger size cuffs?

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