Brachial or wrist Blood pressure in obese patients: Which is the best?

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-151

  Senarclens, Olivier De ^a   Feihl, Francois ^a   Giusti, Vittorio ^a   Engelberger, Rolf P ^a   Rodieux, Frederique ^a   Gomez, Patrick ^b   Liaudet, Lucas ^a   Waeber, Bernard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Division de Physiopathologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Cuff width; Obesity; Oscillometric method; Wrist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OSCILLOMETRIC UPPER ARM DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WRIST; WRIST BLOOD PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; WRIST;

EID: 48849111864     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e3282fd16e3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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