Accuracy of the Microlife large-extra large-sized cuff (32-52 cm) coupled to an automatic oscillometric device

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-102

  Masiero, Serena ^a   Saladini, Francesca ^a   Benetti, Elisabetta ^a   Palatini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cuff; device; hypertension; self measurement; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 79954632767     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e328344c73c     Document Type: Article

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