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Article: "White coat hypertension" common among sleep apnea patients.
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- March 29, 2004
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2004 MAR 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with sleep apnea may be commonly misdiagnosed with hypertension, according to a new study.
In the study, one-third of patients with sleep apnea who were physician-diagnosed with hypertension actually had "white coat hypertension" (WCH), a condition characterized by an increase in blood pressure during a doctor's office visit and normal blood pressure during all other situations. The study also found that patients with sleep apnea and WCH had a more difficult time falling asleep and had longer periods of wakefulness after falling asleep than sleep apnea patients with normal blood pressure or sustained high blood ...