Medscape September 28, 2023
A lack of standardized blood pressure (BP) training among doctors, physician assistants (PAs), nurses, and other healthcare professionals is preventing the country’s medical community from curbing hypertension, according to the American Medical Association (AMA). Hypertension affects about half of US adults and is a leading contributor to cardiovascular disease.
First-year medical students typically read about BP measurement in a textbook and possibly attend a lecture before practicing using a manual cuff a few times on classmates, said Martha Gulati, MD, professor and director of preventive cardiology at Cedars-Sinai.
The dearth of BP instruction is alarming because inaccurate readings contribute to under- and overtreatment of hypertension, she told Medscape Medical News.
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