Context: White-coat hypertension (WCHT) is a relatively unexplored cause of elevated blood pressure readings in the clinic and in prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) settings. Objective ...

bpm=beats per minute Reprinted with permission from Hypertension. 1985;7:597-601.[9] Upper panels show the individual values of directly assessed white coat effect (WCE, obtained by beat-to-beat ...

One difficulty in assessing and treating resistant hypertension is the phenomenon that some individuals show elevated blood pressure readings only in the office setting—so-called white-coat ...

Results 26 cases and 26 controls, mean age 28±4 years, were included. 15 (58%) of the cases had sustained hypertension and 11 (42%) white coat hypertension. Among the controls, 17 (65%) had ...

Have you ever had your blood pressure checked at the doctor’s office and been surprised to see it higher than normal? But ...

Both parents and clinicians attributed high blood pressure readings to situational factors or white coat syndrome. (HealthDay News) — Both parents of children with hypertension and treating ...

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