Evaluation of skills and knowledge on orthostatic blood pressure measurements in elderly patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Vloet, Lilian C M ^a   Smits, Rita ^a   Frederiks, Carla M A ^a   Hoefnagels, Willibrord H L ^a   Jansen, René W M M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Blood pressure measurement; Diagnostic errors; Orthostatic hypotension; Skills

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TIME;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC;

EID: 0036272657     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.3.211     Document Type: Article

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