What is Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring? Its Benefits, Advantages and Disadvantages

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a relatively new blood pressure measurement technology. Instead of sitting nervously on the healthcare provider's examination table, ABPM lets a healthcare professional to assess your blood pressure while you are going about your everyday activity.

Because of the growing demand for self-health monitoring devices to record blood pressure, ambulatory blood pressure monitors (ABPM) are projected to see increased demand. Furthermore, pharmaceutical companies employ ambulatory blood pressure monitors to test the efficacy of hypertensive and anti-hypertensive medications in development for cardiac health.

According to the "Coherent Market Insights" Global Industry Insights, Trends, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitors Market.


Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitors Market
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Market


For example, ERT Clinical, a provider of high-quality patient safety and efficacy data gathering systems for clinical drug development, announced the availability of a centralised ABPM solution in the United States in April 2013. Biopharmaceutical companies can use ABPM to quickly assess the efficacy and cardiac safety of hypertensive and antihypertensive medicines, as well as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular endpoints.

Benefits of ABPM

When blood pressure measurements taken in the doctor's office are very fluctuating or otherwise confusing, ABPM is most useful in determining whether a person has hypertension. ABPM has been used to evaluate persons who have "white coat hypertension," which is caused by the stress of a medical appointment.

 

ABPM's Advantages

It can reduce unnecessary prescribing of hypertension-lowering medicines for white coat hypertension by providing an accurate picture of a patient's blood pressure during the day and during sleep. It also makes it easier for people with disguised hypertension to get the therapy they need. It lowers the risk of hypertension-related stroke, heart disease, and organ damage, as well as determining how well a person responds to a long-acting antihypertensive medicine.

 

ABPM's disadvantages

Some individuals have pain in the upper arm as a result of the repetitive cuff inflation. The regular taking of measurements makes some people tense or distracted from their work. It is possible that skin irritation or perhaps slight reddening will develop.

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