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WatchBP O3
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor
Extended manual for explanation and
background of blood pressure data
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- Page 1 ® Microlife WatchBP O3 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor Extended manual for explanation and background of blood pressure data...
- Page 2 Introduction Dear healthcare professional, The present manual is offered to you by Microlife Corporation. It entails explanations of blood ® pressure data as provided by the Microlife WatchBP O3 software. In addition, some scientific ® background is given to indicate the clinical relevance of these data. The Microlife...
- Page 3 Blood pressure load: The percentage of blood pressure (BP) readings above a certain threshold Level [2]. On default this is according to the recommended thresholds of 135/85 mmHg during daytime and 120/70 mmHg during the night time. However these threshold levels can be changed with the button “report settings”.
- Page 4 Hourly average: The average BP values are calculated from the average BP value of each hour separately during 24 hour. This method is chosen to give similar weight to every hour of the day. In practice this means i.e. for the average value of 24h BP measurement a nocturnal hour is just as important as any hour during the day despite the fact that during daytime BP probably was measured more frequently.
- Page 5 (antihypertensive) drug intake should be registered, which allows verification of the effectiveness of the drug. For the latter, the WatchBP O3 device is equipped with a button that should be pressed by the patient directly after antihypertensive...
- Page 6 24h BP measurements is provided in Figure 2. The Table provides indications at which ambulatory BP measurement should and could be considered. WatchBP Office WatchBP Home WatchBP O3 Figure 2. Schema for evaluating BP status of hypertensive patients [15] Table. Indication for performing 24h blood pressure measurement Accepted indications...
- Page 7 References O'Brien E, Pickering T, Asmar R, Myers M, Parati G, Staessen J et al. Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol for validation of blood pressure measuring devices in adults. Blood Press Monit 2002;...
- Page 8 (also for downloading the newest WatchBP software) www.dableducational.org www.bhsoc.org When you have more questions about the context of this manual or need to know more about blood pressure data that are not mentioned in the present manual, please contact the following email address: willem.verberk@microlife.com.tw...