Measuring blood pressure: Pitfalls and recommendations

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 766-770

  Tholl, Ulrich ^a   Forstner, Klaus ^b   Anlauf, Manfred ^a  

^a Zentralkrankenhaus Reinkenheide   (Germany)

^b Forschungsinst fur Klin Med   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaeroid manometer; Blood pressure; Blood pressure measurement; Clinical validation; Mercury sphygmomanometer; Oscillometric device; Patient self measurement

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF MONITORING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OSCILLOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 1842418717     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg602     Document Type: Editorial

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