Practice audits: Reliability of sphygmomanometers and blood pressure recording bias

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 359-361

  Ali, Shaukat ^a   Rouse, A ^a  

^a K Block ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Blood pressure measurement; Blood pressure recording bias; Sphygmomanometers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0036104884     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001384     Document Type: Article

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