An examination of calibration intervals required for accurately tracking blood pressure using pulse transit time algorithms

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 744-750

  McCarthy, B M ^a   Vaughan, C J ^b   O'Flynn, B ^a   Mathewson, A ^a   Mathuna C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Moens korteweg; Pulse transit time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHEN ALGORITHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; POON ALGORITHM; PULSE TRANSIT TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887627825     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2013.41     Document Type: Article

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