PECULIARITIES OF DAILY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

Abstract

Peculiarities of arterial hypertension in patients with bronchial asthma give rise to the scientific and clinical interest for investigators. The aim of the present study was to elucidate and compare special characteristics of systemic hypertension in patients with bronchial asthma and arterial hypertension by means of daily blood pressure. 93 patients with bronchial asthma were under study (34 men and 59 women of 40,2 ± 8,93 years old): 21 patients without hypertension, 14 patients with primary hypertension and 58 patients with pulmonary hypertension. 77 patients with essential arterial hypertension (30 men and 47 women of 41,7±4,8years old) constituted the control group. Daily blood pressure monitoring was carried out in all patients. Insufficient night decrease of blood pressure (<10%) in patients with asthma and pulmonary hypertension was twice as much than in patients from the control group (53,5% and 26% accordingly). Elevation of blood pressure, heart rate, blood pressure variability, pressure load indices were developed to associate with frequency of dispnoea attacks, especially in patients with bronchial asthma and pulmonary hypertension.

Keywords

• arterial hypertension
• bronchial asthma
• daily blood pressure monitoring