Determining blood pressure in pregnancy: Positional hydrostatic effects

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 333-336

  Hallak, Mordechai ^a,b   Bottoms, Sidney F ^a,b   Knudson, Kelly ^a,b   Zarfati, Doron ^a,b   Abramovici, Haim ^a,b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hydrostatic pressure; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPOTENSION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0030834292     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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