Inaccuracy of home sphygmomanometers: A perspective from clinical practice

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 168-171

  Akpolat, Tekin ^a   Aydogdu, Türkan ^a   Erdem, Emre ^a   Karataş, Ahmet ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

accuracy; automated; home sphygmomanometers; inaccuracy; oscillometric; upper arm; validation; wrist

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960843535     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e328348ca52     Document Type: Review

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