Consequences of banning mercury and the cuff controversy

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-34

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

EID: 0034043698     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200002000-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. 3 O'Brien E, Mee F, Atkins N, Thomas M. Evaluation of three devices for self-measurement of blood pressure: according to the revised British Hypertension Society Protocol: the Omron HEM-705CP, Phillips HP5332, and Nissei DS-175. Blood Press Monit 1996; 1:55-61.
4. 4 O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler WA, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, Altman D, et al. The British Hypertension Society Protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertens 1993; 11 (suppl 2):S43-S63.
5. 5 Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. American national standard. Electronic or automated sphygmomanometers. Arlington, VA: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation; 1993.
6. 6 O'Brien E. A century of confusion; which bladder for accurate blood pressure measurement? [review]. J Hum Hypertens 1996; 10:565-572.