Comparison of blood pressure measurements between an automated oscillometric device and a Hawksley random-zero sphygmomanometer in the northern Sweden MONICA study

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 164-170

  Eriksson, Marie ^a   Carlberg, Bo ^b   Jansson, Jan Hakan ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blood pressure; blood pressure measurement; blood pressure monitoring; Omron; oscillometric; random zero

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84863818749     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e328356ef58     Document Type: Article

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