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When home BP readings are consistently lower than office measurements, how do you decide whether to intensify, maintain, or de-escalate antihypertensive therapy?

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Nephrology · UAB Medicine

If the home readings can be confirmed to be appropriately measured (i.e., in a hard-backed chair with arm support and checking multiple repeated readings), then I will adjust BP medications to target the average home BP of <130/80 (going lower toward 120/80, if tolerated). However, I have had patien...

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