Near-continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring in the out-of-hospital setting

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-72

  Thomas, Stephen H ^a,b,d   Winsor, Greg ^a   Pang, Peter ^b   Wedel, Suzanne K ^a,c   Parry, Blair ^b  

^a Boston MedFlight   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Clinics Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Air transport; Blood pressure; EMS; Monitoring; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; TONOMETRY; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITOR; MONITORING; OSCILLOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIAL ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23244438772     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590891958     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Shapiro NI, Kociszewski C, Harrison T, Chang YC, Wedel SK, Thomas SH. Isolated prehospital hypotension following traumatic injuries: a predictor of mortality? J Emerg Med. 2003;25:175-9.
2. Jones AE, Stiell IG, Nesbitt LP, et al. Nontraumatic out-of-hospital hypotension predicts inhospital mortality. Ann Emerg Med. 2004;43:106-13.
3. Sayre MR. Damage control: past, present, and future of prehospital stroke management. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2002;20:877-86.
4. Thomas SH, Winsor G, Biddinger P, Wedel SK. Management of suspected aortic dissection during interfacility transport: Opportunity for beneficial intervention by the critical care transport crew, [abstract] Chest 2003;124:181S-2S.
5. Brain Trauma Foundation, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care. Resuscitation of blood pressure and oxygenation. J Neurotrauma. 2000;17:471-8.
6. Belani K, Ozaki M, Hynson J. A new non-invasive method to measure blood pressure. Anesthesiology. 1999;91:686-92.
7. Belani KG, Buckley JJ, Poliac MO. Accuracy of radial artery blood pressure determination with the Vasotrac. Can J Anaesth. 1999;46:488-96.
8. Thomas SH, Winsor G, Pang PS, Driscoll K, Parry BA. Use of a radial artery compression device for noninvasive, near-continuous blood pressure monitoring in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2004;22:474-8.
9. Frezza EE, Mezghebe H. Indications and complications of arterial catheter use in surgical or medical intensive care units: analysis of 4932 patients. Am Surg. 1998;64:127-31.
10. Seed P. Comparing several methods of measuring the same quantity. Stata Technical Bull. 2000;55:2-9.
11. Anonymous. Practice parameters for hemodynamic support of sepsis in adult patients in sepsis. Crit Care Med. 1999;27:639-60.
12. Gorback MS, Quill TJ, Graubert DA. The accuracy of rapid oscillometric blood pressure determination. Biomed Instrum Technol. 1990;24:371-4.
13. O'Brien E. Review: a century of confusion; which bladder for accurate blood pressure measurement? J Hum Hypertens. 1996;10:565-72.
14. Bause GS, Weintraub AC, Tanner GE. Skin avulsion during oscillometry. J Clin Monit. 1986;2:262-3.
15. Sy WP. Ulnar nerve palsy possibly related to use of automatically cycled blood pressure cuff. Anesth Analg. 1981;60:687-8.
16. Davis JW, Davis IC, Bennink LD, Bilello JF, Kaups KL, Parks SN. Are automated blood pressure measurements accurate in trauma patients? J Trauma. 2003;55:860-3.