Can wrist blood pressure oscillometer be used for triage in an adult emergency department?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-176

  Rutschmann, Olivier T ^a   Sarasin, Francois P ^a   Simon, Josette ^a   Vermeulen, Bernard ^a   Riberdy, Louise ^a   Pechere Bertschi, Antoinette ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OSCILLOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; TRIAGE; WRIST;

EID: 22844432866     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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