Twenty-Four Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Getting Started |
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Authors: | Margaret Pellizzari Phyllis W. Speiser Dennis E. Carey Pavel Fort Paula M. Kreitzer Graeme R. Frank |
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Affiliation: | Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Schneider Children''s Hospital, North-Shore Long Island Health System, New Hyde Park, New York |
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Abstract: | Twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a valuable tool in the pediatric and adolescent population with type 1 diabetes. It provides useful information not readily available from sporadic clinic blood pressure (BP) measurements and a more reliable estimation of the subject''s BP over an extended period of time. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is gaining popularity with clinicians and investigators alike. The American Heart Association has recently issued recommendations for the use of ABPM in children and adolescents. We have incorporated ABPM into our adolescent diabetes practice and present useful information for clinicians planning to initiate 24 h ABPM in their clinical practice. |
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Keywords: | ambulatory hypertension blood pressure monitoring diabetes complications type 1 diabetes mellitus |
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