Measurement of systemic arterial pressure

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 459-466

  Weiss, Branko M ^a   Pasch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CUFF; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXIMETRY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030728646     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199712000-00014     Document Type: Review

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