Walker S, Permezel M, Brennecke S, Tuttle L, Ugoni A, Higgins J;

2002

November

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The effect of hospitalisation on ambulatory blood pressure in pregnancy.

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Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was performed on 40 women (20 hypertensive, 20 normotensive) on a hospitalised and non-hospitalised day. Mean blood pressure differences were calculated for the awake, sleeping and 24-hour periods on both days.