Hidden errors of aneroid sphygmomanometers

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 309-312

  Waugh, Jason J S ^a   Gupta, Manesh ^b   Rushbrook, Julie ^b   Halligan, Aidan ^a   Shennan, Andrew H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneroid sphygmomanometer; Blood pressure measurement; Hypertension; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0036967383     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200212000-00003     Document Type: Article

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