Is self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy safe and effective?

James A Hodgkinson; Katherine L Tucker; Carole Crawford; Sheila M Greenfield; Carl Heneghan; Lisa Hinton; Khalid Khan; Louise Locock; Lucy Mackillop; Christine McCourt; Mary Selwood; Richard J McManus

doi:10.1136/bmj.g6616

Is self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy safe and effective?

James A Hodgkinson, Katherine L Tucker, Carole Crawford, Sheila M Greenfield, Carl Heneghan, Lisa Hinton, Khalid Khan, Louise Locock, Lucy Mackillop, Christine McCourt, Mary Selwood, Richard J McManus

Birmingham Medical School

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Abstract

Guidelines encourage the use of self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy, and research suggests that women prefer it. But HODGKINSON AND COLLEAGUES: explain that our enthusiasm may run ahead of the evidence and call for more research before it is routinely adopted.

Original language	English
Article number	g6616
Journal	BMJ
Volume	349
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6616
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Keywords

Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Pregnancy
Risk Assessment

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Article published as: Hodgkinson, James A., et al. "Is self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy safe and effective?." BMJ 349 (2014): g6616. Available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6616 Checked October 2015
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