[Ambulatory monitoring of arterial pressure in mild hypertensives without pharmacologic treatment].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate, using a scheme to monitor arterial pressure in out-patients (MAPOP), how well patients were able to control their light arterial hypertension after hygienic-dietary measures had been found insufficient.


METHODS
Observational study. SITE. Urban health centre.


METHODS
18 people suffering from light arterial hypertension and undergoing treatment with hygienic-dietary measures only.


RESULTS
Out-patient monitoring of arterial pressure over 24 hours with an oscillometric model Spacelabs 90202. The arterial pressure load or index of average deviation (APL/IAD) was analysed. Two of the 18 (11%) presented APL values corresponding to normal tension and 11 (61%) had values of circadian curve type 1 (APL/IAD < or = 30%).


CONCLUSIONS
A high percentage (61%) of those patients with light arterial hypertension, whose doctors had considered exhausted the possibilities of treatment without drugs, showed they could control to an acceptable degree their arterial tension with MAPOP: The perfecting and lowering in price of MAPOP systems, along with their increasing use in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hypertension, could also provide important savings on pharmaceuticals.
Molina
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Centro de Salud La Paz, Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Badajoz.
Pozuelo
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Buitrago
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F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Monitorización ambulatoria de la presión arterial en hipertensos ligeros sin tratamiento farmacológico.