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Hirohito Metoki

Researcher at Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

Publications -  326
Citations -  12676

Hirohito Metoki is an academic researcher from Tohoku Pharmaceutical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood pressure & Population. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 276 publications receiving 10877 citations. Previous affiliations of Hirohito Metoki include Japan Society for the Promotion of Science & Tohoku University.

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Blood pressure changes during pregnancy.

TL;DR: The study showed that there was less risk ofPIH occurring among pregnant women with low BP at 20 weeks of pregnancy even when these women were found to have high BP at 16 weeks, which might indicate that a decreasing BP in the second trimester (mid-pregnancy fall) has an impact on the occurrence of PIH.
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Progress report on the HOMED-BP Study: hypertension objective treatment based on measurement by electrical devices of blood pressure study.

TL;DR: This first large‐scale intervention trial in Japan using a Prospective Randomized Open Blinded Endpoint (PROBE) design to determine an optimal target blood pressure (BP) level on the basis of self‐measured BP at home, and an optimal initial course of antihypertensive medication.
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Pharmacists' awareness and attitude toward blood pressure measurement at home and in the pharmacy in Japan.

TL;DR: Investigation of Japanese pharmacists' awareness and attitude toward blood pressure measurement at home (HBP) and in the pharmacy finds that more aggressive promotion of HBP measurement among pharmacists is warranted.