In-use comparison of blood pressure measurements from an automated blood pressure instrument with those from a mercury sphygmomanometer

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-163

  Gupta, Puneet ^a,b   Mittal, Lalita ^a   Rizzo, Robert A ^a   Bikkina, Mahesh ^c,d,e   Debari, Vincent A ^c,d,f,g  

^a ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Cardiology ^*  (United States)

^e Cardiology Training Program   (United States)

^f SHMS   (United States)

^g Department of Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE INSTRUMENTS; DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE; EASE OF USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GOLD STANDARDS; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NON-INVASIVE; PATIENT CARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY-CARE TEACHING HOSPITALS; TEST PROTOCOLS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS;

BLOOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBSERVER BIAS; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 67650273241     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2345/0899-8205-43.2.158     Document Type: Article

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