Blood pressure measurement in obese patients: Comparison between upper arm and forearm measurements

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Pierin, Angela M G ^a   Alavarce, Débora C ^a   Gusmão, Josiane L ^a   Halpern, Alfredo ^b   Mion Jr , Décio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Cuff bladder; Forearm; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SITTING; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 3042711785     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbp.0000132425.25263.ac     Document Type: Article

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