A centenary of auscultatory blood pressure measurement: A tribute to Nikolai Korotkoff

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-263

  Paskalev, Dobrin ^a,d   Kircheva, Anna ^b   Krivoshiev, Stefan ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^b Department of Clinical Epidemiology   (Bulgaria)

^c UMHAT 'Tzaritza Ioanna'   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST MARINA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Historical background; Korotkoff

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; KOROTKOFF; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUND; STETHOSCOPE; SURGEON; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RUSSIA (PRE-1917);

EID: 30044432419     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090084     Document Type: Review

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