Long-term Blood Pressure Monitoring
In a long-term blood pressure monitoring, a long-term blood pressure device is attached to the patient, which is worn continuously on the body for about 16 to 24 hours. An automatic blood pressure measurement is performed at intervals of 15 (or 30) minutes. Often, the measurement interval is chosen to be longer at night.
The doctor refers to this as ABPM, which stands for "ambulatory blood pressure monitoring".

Long-term blood pressure monitoring is a method of examination that can be performed without any problems. However, it may disturb the sleep of some individuals. In such cases, sleep should be monitored if necessary to detect a lack of nighttime drop due to insufficient sleep.
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Sources:
- https://www.esanum.de/today/posts/neue-studie-bestaetigt-relevanz-der-langzeit-blutdruckmessung
- https://www.apotheken-umschau.de/krankheiten-symptome/herz-kreislauf-erkrankungen/bluthochdruck-risiken-erkennen-blutdruckwerte-senken-735399-mehrseiter-4-bluthochdruck-diagnose.html
- https://www.aerztezeitung.de/Medizin/Was-Patienten-waehrend-der-24-Stunden-Blutdruckmessung-tun-223894.html

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Last update 12/2023
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