Blood pressure measuring devices: Ubiquitous, essential but imprecise

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 573-579

  de Greeff, Annemarie ^a   Shennan, Andrew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Auscultation; Blood pressure measurement; Oscillometry; Validation

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER BIAS; RELIABILITY; SELF EXAMINATION; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

MERCURY;

AUTOMATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 55249112462     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.5.573     Document Type: Article

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