A new technique for simultaneous validation of two manual nonmercury auscultatory sphygmomanometers (A&D UM-101 and Accoson Greenlight 300) based on the International protocol

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 322-325

  Pruijm, Menno T ^a   Wuerzner, Grégoire ^a   Glatz, Nicolas ^a   Alwan, Heba ^b   Ponte, Belen ^c   Ackermann, Daniel ^d   Burnier, Michel ^a   Bochud, Murielle ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

European Society of Hypertension; International protocol; nonmercury sphygmomanometer; validation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL NONMERCURY AUSCULTATORY SPHYGMOMANOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 78650309842     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32833f56a8     Document Type: Article

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