Elevated preoperative blood pressures in adult surgical patients are highly predictive of elevated home blood pressures

Blood pressure (BP) measurement during the presurgical assessment has been suggested as a way to improve longitudinal detection and treatment of hypertension. The relationship between BP 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 of presurgical BP for predicting elevated HBP. We prospectively enrolled 200 patients at a presurgical evaluation clinic with clinic blood pressures (CBPs) ≥130/85 mm Hg, as measured using a previously validated automated upper-arm device (Welch Allyn Vital Sign Monitor 6000 Series), to undergo daily HBP monitoring (Omron Model BP742N) between the index clinic visit and their day of surgery.

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