Can aneroid sphygmomanometers be used at altitude?

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 517-522

  Kametas, N A ^a   McAuliffe, F ^a   Krampl, E ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a   Shennan, A H ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneroid sphygmomanometers; Blood pressure; High altitute; Mercury sphygmomanometers

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; SEA LEVEL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745274744     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001998     Document Type: Article

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