Agreement of blood pressure measurements between random-zero and standard mercury sphygmomanometers

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 373-378

  Yang, Wenjie ^a   Gu, Dongfeng ^c   Chen, Jing ^a,b   Jaquish, Cashell E ^d   Rao, D C ^e   Wu, Xigui ^c   Hixson, James E ^f   Duan, Xiufang ^c   Kelly, Tanika N ^a   Hamm, L Lee ^b   Whelton, Paul K ^g   He, Jiang ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Blood pressure measurements; Random zero sphygmomanometer; Standard mercury sphygmomanometer

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHINESE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER BIAS; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING; BLOOD PRESSURE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149190632     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31816956ac     Document Type: Article

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