Out-of-hospital use of a pulse oximeter to determine systolic blood pressures

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-107

  McCluskey, Brendan ^a   Addis, Michael ^a   Tortella, Bartholomew J ^a   Lavery, Robert F ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

auscultation; blood pressure; oscillometry; pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PALPATION; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PALPATION; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0030116147     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00042734     Document Type: Article

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