AMBULATORY BP MONITORING

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a 24 hour blood pressure test in which readings are taken every 15-30 min during the day and 20-60 min during asleep hours.

ABPM provides information which home BP and clinic BP cannot including:

1. an estimate of true, or mean, blood-pressure level
2. diurnal rhythm of blood pressure
3. blood pressure variability
4. detection of masked hypertension and white coat hypertension.