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Evaluation and Diagnosis
3.1.1. Accurate Measurement of In-Office Blood Pressure
COR LOE
Recommendations
1 C-LD
1. When diagnosing and managing high BP in adults,
standardized methods are recommended for the accurate
measurement and documentation of in-office BP (Figure 3).
2a C-EO
2. When measuring in-office BP in adults, it is reasonable to use
the oscillometric method with an automated device over the
auscultatory method.
3.1 Patient Evaluation
