Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Test (ABPM) TEST FOR HIGH BP MEASUREMENT

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) is when your blood pressure is measured as you move around, living your normal daily life. It is measured for up to 24 hours. A small digital blood pressure monitor is attached to a belt around your waist and connected to a cuff around your upper arm.

There are a number of reasons why we might need this:
To establish a diagnosis of high blood pressure (hypertension)
To identify patients who have higher blood pressure readings when in the clinic
(known as ‘white coat effect’)
To help decide if blood pressure medication is required
To help to decide whether any change to your medication is required
To further investigate people whose blood pressure is hard to control
To see how well a patient’s blood pressure medicines are controlling blood pressure
throughout the day
To see what happens to a patient’s blood pressure at night