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The Pressure Cooker: Hypertension and Hemorrhagic Stroke

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Ambulatory BP monitoring – hypertension can be<br />

diagnosed if the mean wake SBP >135 mmHg or<br />

the DBP >85 mmHg OR if the mean 24 hour<br />

SBP >130 mmHg or the DBP >80mmHg<br />

Home BP measurement – hypertension can be<br />

diagnosed if the average SBP >135 mmHg or<br />

DBP >85 mmHg<br />

(CHEP, 2010)

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