Question Does use of remote self-monitoring and physician-guided titration of antihypertensive medications using a Bluetooth-enabled app provide better long-term blood pressure control than usual outpatient care during the first 9 months postpartum?
Findings In this randomized clinical trial involving 220 participants, physician-guided self-management of outpatient postnatal blood pressure, following hypertensive pregnancy, was associated with a 6/5-mm Hg lower ambulatory blood pressure at 9 months postpartum.
Meaning A physician-guided remote telemonitoring program was used to guide self-management of blood pressure and was associated with improved blood pressure control during the postnatal period after a hypertensive pregnancy compared with usual antihypertensive management.
Learn more on Long-Term Blood Pressure Control After Hypertensive Pregnancy Following Physician-Optimized Self-ManagementThe POP-HT Randomized Clinical Trial via JAMA.
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