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. 2012 Dec;14(12):836-47.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00698.x. Epub 2012 Aug 13.

First Thomas Pickering memorial lecture*: ambulatory blood pressure measurement is essential for the management of hypertension

Eoin O'Brien  1
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First Thomas Pickering memorial lecture*: ambulatory blood pressure measurement is essential for the management of hypertension

Eoin O'Brien. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012 Dec.
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Thomas George Pickering (1940–2009).
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Sir George Pickering (1904–1980).
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Plot of the effect of atenolol on 24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. 7 bpm indicates beats per minute.
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Plot of the effect of four beta‐blockers on 24‐hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. 8
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White‐coat hypertension.
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Masked hypertension.
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Dipping pattern: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring shows severe daytime systolic hypertension (181 mm Hg), moderate daytime diastolic hypertension (117 mm Hg), and normal night‐time systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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Nondipping pattern: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) shows severe 24‐hour systolic and diastolic hypertension (210/134 mm Hg daytime and 205/130 mm Hg nighttime). Plots and reports generated by dabl Ltd., Dublin, Ireland.
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Summary report of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. ABPM report and plot generated by dabl Ltd., Dublin, Ireland.
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Dr Pickering (left) in a discussion with the author (center) and a colleague at the Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Working Group meeting in the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, 1991.
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