Elevated Preoperative Blood Pressures in Adult Surgical Patients are Highly Predictive of Elevated Home Blood Pressures

Blood pressure (BP) measurement during the pre-surgical assessment has been suggested as a way to improve longitudinal detection and treatment of hypertension. The relationship between blood pressure measured during this assessment and home blood pressure (HBP), a better indicator of hypertension, is unknown. The purpose of the present study was to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) of presurgical blood pressure for predicting elevated HBP.

Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - February 6, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Robert B. Schonberger, Adambeke Nwozuzu, Jill Zafar, Eric Chen, Simon Kigwana, Miriam M. Monteiro, Jean Charchaflieh, Sophisa Sophanphattana, Feng Dai, Matthew M. Burg Tags: Research Article Source Type: research