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Directly observed therapy for resistant/refractory hypertension diagnosis and blood pressure control
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  • Published on: 6 December 2022
    Self-measurement of blood pressure during directly observed treatment

    Self-measurement of blood pressure(SMBP), spanning the entire duration of hospital stay, might have been a better way to generate motivation and engage compliance with medication in members of this cohort of hypertensive subjects with suspected non-compliance with medication. Both motivation and compliance can, arguably, be reinforced when the rationale for regular self-measurement of blood pressure is explained to patients in terms that they can understand and identify with,. The risk of stroke [1],[2]] and congestive heart failure(CHF)[3]], is, for example, one that most patients can identify with. Patients also need to be aware that the benefits of antihypertensive medication also carry the risk of symptomatic hypotension, exemplified by dizziness and falls, if hypertension is overtreated, hence the need for twice daily self-monitoring of blood pressure so as to generate an opportunity to titrate antihypertensive medication[4].
    Self-measurement of blood pressure in the hospital environment, using the SPRINT protocol[5], also mitigates the risk of of overdiagnosis of suboptimal blood pressure control in those cases where overdiagnosis of suboptimal blood pressure control is attributable to the "white coat" effect of the threatening hospital environment.. Mitigation of the risk of white coat hypertension, in turn, mitigates the risk of overtreatment.
    The following are the minimum requirements for in-hospital SMBP:-
    (i)The blood p...

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