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Morning surge of blood pressure - clinical relevance, review of definitions
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Abstract
So far definitions of morning surge of blood pressure differ from one another. Some of them defined morning surge of blood pressure as the difference between blood pressure after waking up and one hour before. Others, define the morning rise of BP according to the lowest BP value during nighttime. Most of the authors recognize excessive morning peak of blood pressure as BP values which reflect 90th percentile of the morning-night difference. Important clinical aspect of the morning surge is prevention of cardiovascular incidents by effective, pharmacological 24 hour control of blood pressure.
Abstract
So far definitions of morning surge of blood pressure differ from one another. Some of them defined morning surge of blood pressure as the difference between blood pressure after waking up and one hour before. Others, define the morning rise of BP according to the lowest BP value during nighttime. Most of the authors recognize excessive morning peak of blood pressure as BP values which reflect 90th percentile of the morning-night difference. Important clinical aspect of the morning surge is prevention of cardiovascular incidents by effective, pharmacological 24 hour control of blood pressure.
Keywords
morning surge of blood pressure; pathomechanism; definitions
Title
Morning surge of blood pressure - clinical relevance, review of definitions
Journal
Issue
Article type
Editorial
Pages
1-7
Published online
2004-01-23
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Bibliographic record
Nadciśnienie tętnicze 2004;8(1):1-7.
Keywords
morning surge of blood pressure
pathomechanism
definitions
Authors
Ewa Zimmer-Satora
Barbara Wizner
Tomasz Grodzicki