What indices should a BP monitoring report contain?
A typical BP monitoring report contains average daily, average diurnal and nocturnal systolic, diastolic, average hemodynamic blood pressure values, pulse pressure and pulse rate, hypertension daily, diurnal and nocturnal time index for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, variability of systolic, diastolic and pulse pressure, pulse rate for sleep and wakeful state time periods and daily index of BP parameters (nocturnal BP dropping degree). While reading the actual data taken from a daily profile it’s interpretation should be done in juxtaposition with the existing norms of average values of BP, pressure load, variability and two-phase BP rhythm. The interpretation of the analyzed indices is performed applying the patient’s journal data. The quality of patient’s sleep is very important and when it is bad a two-phase BP rate interpretation is inexpedient. All the BP monitoring indices are taken on the report’s first page for user’s convenience. If BP monitoring was performed at the s
