Problems and Solutions in Implementing the World Hypertension League Recommendations for Automated Office Assessment of Blood Pressure

Affiliations

• ¹ General and Specialized Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
• ² College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
• ³ Hypertension Unity of the Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas, Hypertension Center, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁴ Belém Hypertension League. Ministry of Health 1989-2013 and Cardiovascular Health Promotion of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (from 2012 to 2013), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁵ Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Hypertension Group, Brazilian Hypertension Society, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁶ Heart Institute (InCor), Hospitaldas Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁷ Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Physiology, O'Brien Institute of Public Health, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• ⁸ Virginia Hypertension Institute, Colleagues in Care, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
• ⁹ Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.