Retest-reliability and convergent validity of noninvasive blood pressure determination: Arm sphygmomanometry vs. Penaz-method

International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-254

  Kugler, Joachim ^a   Rollnik, Jens ^b   Schmilz, Norbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arm sphygmomanometry; Blood pressure; Penaz method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGITAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0031455945     PISSN: 01679945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016927206619     Document Type: Article

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