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 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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