Learning scenario 2
You talk to Mr Shah about the reading and advise him that lifestyle interventions can help lower his blood pressure. He agrees to come back three days later for an ABPM machine to be fitted. The subsequent ABPM results show that he had 18 successful readings and that his mean daytime blood pressure was 139/75mmHg.
What do his results indicate?
- You need to repeat the ABPM as you do not have enough readings to make a confident diagnosis
- The results of the ABPM do not confirm a diagnosis of hypertension
- The results of the ABPM confirm a diagnosis of stage 1 hypertension
- The results of the ABPM confirm a diagnosis of stage 2 hypertension
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