Performance of the automated BpTRU™ measurement device in the assessment of white-coat hypertension and white-coat effect

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-42

  Culleton, Bruce F ^a,c   McKay, Donald W ^a,b   Campbell, Norman R ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated blood pressure; Blood pressure measurement; BpTRU; Clinical trial; Hypertension; Misclassification; White coat effect; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; WHITE COAT EFFECT; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 33745163278     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbp.0000189794.36230.a7     Document Type: Article

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