- A Prescription for SodiumShow More
In 2007 Blood Pressure Canada, with endorsement of many national Healthcare organizations released the National Policy for Sodium, recommending a reduction in daily adequate sodium intake to 1500 mg/day, with a maximum of 2300mg. In response, the Federal Minister of Health set up a Sodium Working Group, a 24 member panel from Government, Health Care and the food industry which first met in February 2008, and was due to...
Competing Interests: None declared. - give every patient a free BP home monitoring kitShow More
This article notes the errors we so commonly commit when we base treatment decisions on office BP readings.
For many years I marvelled at the fact that patients I referred for ambulatory BP monitoring, only my most difficult patients to control, often turned out to have normal BP.
In recent years, I have encouraged patients to buy their own BP cuffs and keep a diary of readings at various times of the...
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