The suitability of an automated blood pressure measuring device—the Omron HEM-705cp—in a large multicentre study: The ASCOT study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue , 2001, Pages S83-S85

  O'Neill H ^a   O'Brien E ^a   Stanton, A ^a   Hedditch, K ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b St Mary s Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASCOT; Automated devices; Blood pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES;

EID: 0034799534     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001093     Document Type: Article

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