Which Korotkoff sound should be used for the diastolic blood pressure in pregnancy?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-197

  Duggan, P M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANOMETRY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOUND; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031808478     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1998.tb03000.x     Document Type: Article

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