White coat effect in hypertensive patients: the role of hospital environment or physician presence

Unattended versus attended automated office blood pressure: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of studies using the same methodology for both methods

“…The flow diagram for articles’ selection procedure is presented in Figure . Twenty‐three studies were relevant for the review reporting unattended vs attended OBP data . In one study, data were modified after communication with the corresponding author .…”

A meta‐analysis helps to clarify the use of automated office blood pressure in clinical practice

“…Indeed, in 4 of 10 studies included in our meta-analysis OBP readings were obtained using semi-automated BP monitors, which require pressing a button to start each measurement (fully automated monitors take several measurements with a single press of the button). [4][5][6][7] In these four studies, the pooled difference between unattended and attended OBP was −0.3 (95% CI: −2.1, 1.6)/−0.1 (−1.2, 1.1) mm Hg (systolic/diastolic). In three of these studies, 6,7 home BP was also recorded providing lower values compared to unattended OBP.…”

“…[4][5][6][7] In these four studies, the pooled difference between unattended and attended OBP was −0.3 (95% CI: −2.1, 1.6)/−0.1 (−1.2, 1.1) mm Hg (systolic/diastolic). In three of these studies, 6,7 home BP was also recorded providing lower values compared to unattended OBP. However, in all of these studies OBP was based on triplicate measurements.…”

The optimal use of automated office blood pressure measurement in clinical practice

“…Other BP devices that have been used to perform automated measurements in published studies are the following: the BP monitor CB‐1805‐B Biox the Dinamap pro‐Care the Omron M10IT the Task Force Monitor CNS (this monitor performs beat‐to‐beat BP monitoring but it has also been used to perform automated measurements) the Omron 9000Ai, and the Omron HEM 7080 IC …”