title: [Self measurement of blood pressure: normal and pathological values].
abstract: To date, the normal range for self-recorded blood-pressure values has yet to be defined. In this paper possible definitions of the normal range of self-recorded blood pressure are discussed. In large epidemiologic studies self-recorded and casual blood-pressure values should be compared to each other, and in prospective interventional studies blood-pressure values for the initiation of therapy should be defined. Before the termination of these studies we recommend the start of an antihypertensive therapy above 140/90 mmHg. Although definite normal values for self-recorded blood pressure are still missing, a broader use of this method seems to be justified because of the well-known pitfalls of the causal clinical blood-pressure measurement.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weisser
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mengden
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grüne
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spühler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Binswanger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vetter
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D012016:Reference Values; D012648:Self Care
vernacular_title: Blutdruckselbstmessung: normale und pathologische Werte.