Table III.

Accepted and Potential Clinical Indications for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM)

Clinical Indications for ABPM
Accepted Iindications
Suspected white coat hypertension
Suspected nocturnal hypertension
Suspected masked hypertension
To establish dipper status
Resistant hypertension
Hypertension of pregnancy
Potential Indications
Elderly patients
As a guide to antihypertensive drug treatment
Type I diabetes
Evaluation of symptoms suggesting orthostatic hypotension
Autonomic failure
From O'Brien E, Asmar R, Beilin L, et al. Practice Guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension for Clinic, Ambulatory, and Self Blood Pressure Measurement. J Hypertens. In press.