Validation of the Visomat Comfort form device for home blood pressure measurement according to the International Protocol

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Bonso, Elisa ^a   Dorigatti, Francesca ^a   Saladini, Francesca ^a   Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Device; Home blood pressure; Hypertension; Self measurement; Validation; Wide range

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 76449086559     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32833531de     Document Type: Article

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