Validation of a non-mercury digital auscultatory device with manual pressure registration (PMS Mandaus)

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-164

  Wilton, Anja ^a   Shabeeh, Husain ^a   Cuckson, Clare ^a   Shennan, Andrew H ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure monitoring; Validation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SAMPLE SIZE; SITTING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746176388     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbp.0000209076.15461.25     Document Type: Article

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