A Study on Application of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Known Hypertensive Patients

Aim: To assess the blood pressure trend in 24 hours ambulatory period in the treatment of hypertensive patients and to correlate blood pressure variations with symptoms and for adjustment of antihypertensive drugs. Materials and methods: This was a single-centre, observational study that included hypertensive patients who visited the out-patient department of tertiary care hospital in India. The study was carried out from August, 2018 to July, 2020. All the patients were assessed through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring machine for 24 hours. Any variations in the blood pressure were noted and evaluated to vary the doses of antihypertensive drugs accordingly. Results: Total 100 patients were included in the study.Blood pressure recording was done and analysed.67% patients were males. 38% patients had diabetes. 62 patients had blood pressure recordings within normal limits, 17 patients showed blood pressure 150/100 most of the times. Conclusion: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring can be applied in routine clinical practice to titrate the doses of antihypertensive drugs.