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Monitoring blood pressure at home: guidance for Canadian patients
Ivona Mostarac, Jim Thomas and Clare Atzema
CMAJ July 12, 2021 193 (27) E1045; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210268
Ivona Mostarac
Sunnybrook Research Institute (Mostarac, Atzema), Toronto, Ont.; patient coauthor (Thomas), Oakville, Ont.; ICES Central and Department of Medicine (Atzema), Division of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
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Sunnybrook Research Institute (Mostarac, Atzema), Toronto, Ont.; patient coauthor (Thomas), Oakville, Ont.; ICES Central and Department of Medicine (Atzema), Division of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
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Sunnybrook Research Institute (Mostarac, Atzema), Toronto, Ont.; patient coauthor (Thomas), Oakville, Ont.; ICES Central and Department of Medicine (Atzema), Division of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
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Monitoring blood pressure at home: guidance for Canadian patients
Ivona Mostarac, Jim Thomas, Clare Atzema
CMAJ Jul 2021, 193 (27) E1045; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210268
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- Purchase a home blood pressure monitor approved by Hypertension Canada, preferably one used on the upper arm
- Measure blood pressure twice in the morning and twice in the evening for 7 consecutive days (28 readings total)
- Home blood pressure readings that average to ≥ 135/85 mm Hg are considered high
- Lifestyle modification may lower hypertension
- Medication(s) are likely needed for systolic readings ≥ 160 mm Hg or diastolic readings ≥ 100 mm Hg
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