Reliability of doppler and stethoscope methods of determining systolic blood pressures: Considerations for calculating an ankle-brachial index

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 863-869

  Chesbro, Steven B ^a   Asongwed, Elmira T ^b   Brown, Jamesha ^a   John, Emmanuel B ^c  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   (United States)

^c RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STETHOSCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STETHOSCOPES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84858816414     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30441-7     Document Type: Article

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