24 Hour Blood Pressure Monitors – Good, Better, Best
24-hour BPMs are set up to automatically measure your patients’ blood pressure at regular intervals, find the best for your practice.

24-hour BPMs are set up to automatically measure your patients’ blood pressure at regular intervals, find the best for your practice.
24-hour BPMs are set up to automatically measure your patients’ blood pressure at regular intervals throughout the day, so that their average blood pressure can be calculated.
Also known as ambulatory blood pressure monitors (ABPM), these devices are designed in such a way to allow patients to go about their usual day-to-day (excluding water-based activities).
This data can then be stored for future analysis and used to determine the best course of action.
To deliver optimal performance, the pros and cons of different 24-hour ABPM devices should be considered.
ABPM involves fitting a patient with a blood pressure cuff that is wrapped around their arm and connected to a small device on a belt or strap worn on their body for 24 hours.
Like most non-invasive automated BPM devices, it uses the oscillometric method which relies on detection of variations in pressure oscillations due to arterial wall movement beneath an occluding cuff. Empirically derived algorithms are employed, which calculate systolic, mean arterial and diastolic blood pressure.
Advantages of ambulatory BPM include that it is mercury-free, lightweight, designed for clinical use and records 24-hour blood pressure.
Measuring blood pressure on one occasion may suggest high blood pressure (hypertension) but measuring it regularly over a 24-hour period is the gold standard for diagnosing hypertension.
Reasons you might consider a patient for ABPM monitoring include:
There are many 24-hour ABPM monitors in the market, each with their own advantages.
Here are Henry Schein Medical’s three top recommendations, from entry level ABPM to premium quality devices.