Loose cuff hypertension

Cardiovascular Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 113-118

  Taleyarkhan, Pervin R ^a,b   Geddes, Leslie A ^b   Kemeny, Andre E ^b   Vitter, Jillian S ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cuff looseness; Hypertension; Looseness factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349306257     PISSN: 15678822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10558-009-9077-0     Document Type: Article

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