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Hypertension
A practice question in the style of the PLAB 1 exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A 52-year-old man has a clinic blood pressure of 152/94 on two readings. He has no symptoms and no known disease. What is the next step?
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The answer is D: Offer ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
A clinic reading of 140/90 or more needs ABPM (or HBPM if ABPM is unsuitable) to confirm hypertension before treatment, to avoid treating white coat hypertension.
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