AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AND ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY AT A SPECIALIST CARDIAC CLINIC

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HPS-091
• By: NSUTEBU, Ntani (Ghana)
• Co-author(s): Ntani Suh Nsutebu: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
  Kwame Ohene Buabeng: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
  Isaac Kofi Owusu: School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;, Precise Specialist Clinic Ltd, Kumasi, Ghana
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is the reference standard to avoid misdiagnosis of hypertension and allow a targeted antihypertensive therapy¹. There is limited evidence on the use of ABPM in clinical settings in sub-Saharan Africa.

  Methods

  Data on patients aged over 18years, who had undergone ABPM (from January 2006 to
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