Accurate blood pressure recording: Is it difficult?

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 480-487

  Bhalla, A ^a   Singh, R ^a   D'Cruz, S ^a   Lehl, S S ^a   Sachdev, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement accuracy; Blood pressure measurement optimum technique; Hypertension; Observer errors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLOTHING; CUFF; HEART; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBSERVATION; PALPATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 29144523533     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.18965     Document Type: Article

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