Limitations of current validation protocols for home blood pressure monitors for individual patients

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 313-318

  Gerin, William ^a   Schwartz, Amy R ^b   Schwartz, Joseph E ^c   Pickering, Thomas G ^a   Davidson, Karina W ^a   Bress, Jonathan ^d   O'Brien, Eoin ^e   Atkins, Neil ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Joan/Standford I W M C of C U   (United States)

^e BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood pressure monitoring; Hypertension; Measurement; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GUIDELINES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036970649     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200212000-00004     Document Type: Article

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