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Hypertension

Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell

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The Importance of Monitoring Blood Pressure

"I never start anti-hypertensives in hospital unless it's a hypertensive urgency or emergency and what I often say to the patient is buy yourself a blood pressure monitor at home," he says. "You have to tell them only do it two or three times a day though because that home BP monitor is quite addictive."

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