Zero to Five Automated Oscillometric Office Blood Pressure (AOBP) Measurement

The Hypertension Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines for blood pressure measurement using AOBP recommend against any wait time prior to commencing the measurement. The recent AHA guidelines however call for a 5-minute rest first. In uncontrolled hypertension, AOBP is typically higher than the daytime readings from ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), but this is not the case for patients with controlled hypertension.