Accuracy of oscillometric blood pressure measurement according to the relation between cuff size and upper-arm circumference in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 371-376

  Bur, Andreas ^a   Hirschl, Michael M ^a,b   Herkner, Harald ^a   Oschatz, Elisabeth ^a   Kofler, Julia ^a   Woisetschläger, Christian ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Catecholamine treatment; Critically ill patients; Cuff size; Emergency medicine; Intensive care medicine; Mean arterial blood pressure; Mechanical ventilation; Monitoring; Noninvasive; Oscillometric blood pressure measurement; Upper arm circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0034051418     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200002000-00014     Document Type: Article

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