BPTRU — An automated blood pressure monitoring device in the physician's office — A useful alternative to 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the evaluation and management of hypertension in India

Shah, Hardik; Kirpalani, Dilip; Prasad, Shankar; Bhabhe, Aditya; Prasad, Raghavendra; Kirpalani, Ashok

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.09.057

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“…[25] It is being validated in all ethnics population in previous studies. [2627] The use of automated device is not much in developing countries like us. Ours is the first study in South East Asia and it shows significant prevalence of WCE in patients with CKD attending nephrology outpatient clinic in our region and utility and importance of using simple automated device in identifying it and thus preventing unnecessary uptitration of medications in our routine clinic practice.…”

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Prevalence and clinical correlates of white coat effect in patients with chronic kidney disease and the role of automated blood pressure device in its assessment

Shenoy

Nagaraju

Rau³

et al. 2018

Indian J Nephrol

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Context:Hypertension in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Patients with CKD can have clinically significant white coat effect (WCE), making routine clinic blood pressure (BP) measurements an unreliable indicator of actual BP control. Automated BP monitoring is useful in identifying WCE. The utility of automated BP monitoring has seldom been part of clinical practice in developing countries.Aim:The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence and determinants of WCE in adult patients with CKD in an outpatient setting using an automated BP device.Materials and Method:In this prospective observational study, patients with CKD attending the nephrology clinic over a period of 6 months (January 2016 to July 2016), who were suspected to have WCE by the treating physician, were assigned to measurement of BP by both the standardized manual BP recording by a single nephrologist and with automated machine as per a defined protocol. Clinical, demographic characters that would influence outcomes were also studied.Results:Among 118 patients with CKD with suspected WCE, 57.6% showed WCE. The mean systolic and diastolic BPs were significantly lower with automated machine when compared with manual BP recordings in patients with WCE (p = 0.04). WCE was seen in all stages of CKD. Occurrence of WCE in CKD was not dependent on factors such as old age, sex, diabetes mellitus, or smoking status in our study.Conclusion:WCE is a highly prevalent and underdiagnosed entity in patients with CKD. Automated machine is a useful and time-saving tool in detection of WCE in patients with CKD attending the outpatient clinic and guide management.

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“…Automated device can improve HTN management by replacing conventional manual BP measurements, which are often poorly performed and inaccurate. [272829]…”

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confidence: 99%