Device-Guided Breathing to Lower Blood Pressure: Case Report and Clinical Overview

摘要: The belief that breathing exercises may provide health benefits has been shared by many cultures for centuries. A case study illustrates one such FDA-approved intervention, its performance over time, and the day-to-day home blood pressure (BP) variation in response to treatment. device used this patient (which interactively entrains slowed deep breathing) studied 7 clinical trials. Routine use of (RESPeRATE, InterCure Inc., Fort Lee, New Jersey; http://www.resperate.com/MD) significantly lowered office BPs without adverse effects, when alone, with lifestyle modifications, or adjunctively antihypertensive drugs. proposed physiological mechanism(s), technology guides breathing, pooled research outcomes, recommendations regarding modality practice are also reviewed. Device-guided paced offer an effective, simple, new nonpharmacologic option treating high BP additional side but like all must be practiced consistently benefits.