Automated assessment of blood pressure using BpTRU compared with assessments by a trained technician and a clinic nurse

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 257-262

  Campbell, Norm R C ^a   Conradson, Heather E ^a   Kang, Jian ^a   Brant, Rollin ^a   Anderson, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Blood pressure; Blood pressure measurement; Diagnosis; Hypertension; Manometer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 27144499003     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbp.0000173486.44648.b2     Document Type: Article

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