Validation of a non-mercury digital auscultatory device according to the european hypertension society protocol: Rossmax mandaus II

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 121-124

  Shennan, Andrew H ^a   Tasker, Fiona ^b   De Greeff, Annemarie ^b   Liu, Bing ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accuracy; Auscultatory; Blood pressure measurement; Digital; European Hypertension Society protocol; Validation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SYSTOLE;

EID: 67649657864     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32832a9dbe     Document Type: Article

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