High Blood Pressure & Kidney Disease - NIDDK
white coat hypertension treatment :: Article Creator Diagnosis And Treatment Of White-coat Syndrome Diagnosis of White-coat Syndrome The individuals with white-coat syndrome can be characterized by normal blood pressure at all times except during a doctor's appointment or in a clinical setting. The individuals can be further characterized by the absence of a decrease in blood pressure with the intake of antihypertensive drugs. Organ damage is absent in the absence of hypertension. There is minimal risk of cardiovascular damage in such individuals. The following methods enable the diagnosis of individuals with the white-coat syndrome. 1. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM): Blood pressure monitored by the 24-hour ABPM is currently the method utilized for diagnosing individuals with white-coat hypertension. The devices are light and use an oscillometric method for measuring the blood pressure and the heart rate for the whole day. The...