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Added ''Pearl'' "blood pressure monitoring" on ''11/7/2007'':
For patients with hypertension, at-home self-monitoring of blood pressure between office visits is as important as in-office treatment from a doctor. Patients often get lazy in their record keeping, though, especially when office visits are 4 to 6 weeks apart. Instead of asking patients to keep track of their blood pressure for the entire period, I instruct them to bring to the next office visit a record of measurements taken the week before the visit. This helps them remember to check their blood pressure and eases the burden of record keeping. The same can go for journaling of patient's diets. |
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