We aimed to compare blood pressure (BP) levels recorded using the semiautomatic oscillometric Omron i-C10 BP device in patients with or without hypertension in three different settings: (a) when used by a doctor or a nurse at the office (OBP); (b) when used for self-measurement by the patient at the office (SMOBP); and (c) when used for 7 consecutive days at home (HBP).
The aims of this study were to compare the reproducibility of blood pressure (BP) measured in the clinic (CBP), at home (HBP), and by ambulatory monitoring (ABP), and to assess its implications on the accuracy of antihypertensive drug trials.
At enrollment, HBP levels were significantly higher in both the septic shock group (P =.034) and in the combined sepsis group (median 28, range 3 to 1.277 ng/mL) (P =.029) compared to the control group (median 14.5 to 614 ng/mL), although there was no significant difference between the septic shock (median 30.3 to 1.277 ng/mL) and the severe sepsis group (median 24.7 to 107 ng/mL) (P =.25).
Plasma concentration of HBP at the end of the experiment was 400 ± 157 ng/mL in HBP-treated animals and 1.1 ± 1.5 ng/mL in control animals.
Two-by-two contingency tables were used to calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) for plasma HBP at a binary cut-off.
The present study was designed to compare current American Stroke Association (ASA) guidelines with actual prescribing patterns for management of HBP at the acute phase of stroke, in a tertiary care Hospital in Douala, Cameroon.
"The Human Brain Project is an attempt to build completely new computer science technology that will enable us to collect all the information we have built up about the brain over the years," said Prof Henry Markram, Director of the HBP at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), in Switzerland.
We set the binary cut-off for a high versus a low plasma HBP at 20 ng/ml, which is comparable to that of other studies (15 ng/ml in Linder et al. [5] and 30 ng/ml in Linder et al. [6]).
Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed HBP at enrollment was the independent predictor for 30-day mortality.
