A comparison of the British Hypertension Society and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation protocols for validating blood pressure measuring devices: Can the two be reconciled?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1089-1094

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a   Atkins, Neil ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AAMI standard; BHS protocol; Device accuracy; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028129011     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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