European Society of Hypertension International Protocol for the validation of blood pressure monitors: A critical review of its application and rationale for revision

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Stergiou, George S ^a   Karpettas, Nikos ^a   Atkins, Neil ^b   O'Brien, Eoin ^c  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Blackrock Co   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood pressure measurement; Device validation; European Society of Hypertension; International protocol; Protocol

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 76449109838     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e3283360eaf     Document Type: Review

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