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A pilot study of hypertension management using a telemedicine treatment approach
- Source :
- Blood Pressure Monitoring. 25:18-21
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020.
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Abstract
- We recruited 78 men and 94 women to investigate if the proportion of subjects with well-controlled home blood pressure levels could be increased when treatment was guided by smartphone-based telemonitoring. All patients were prescribed one to three antihypertensive drugs. The Accumbo smartphone telemonitoring application was downloaded to the Iphones of the participants and home blood pressure information was gathered from semi-automatic oscillometric blood pressure-recorders by Bluetooth. The study physician adjusted the medications based on home blood pressure for 3 months. home blood pressure was controlled (
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Telemedicine
Blood Pressure
Pilot Projects
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Assessment and Diagnosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Oscillometry
Internal Medicine
Humans
Medicine
Blood pressure monitoring
030212 general & internal medicine
Antihypertensive Agents
Aged
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
business.industry
Blood Pressure Determination
Hypertension management
General Medicine
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Middle Aged
Mobile Applications
Blood pressure
Anesthesia
Hypertension
Ambulatory
Female
Smartphone
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13595237
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8b934918d5d49f517b4ab12b1413df31