Measurement with an automated oscillometric wrist device with position sensor leads to lower values than measurements obtained with an automated oscillometric arm device from the same manufacturer in elderly persons

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-37

  Guggiari, Céline ^a   Büla, Christophe ^a   Iglesias, Katia ^b   Waeber, Bernard ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Training and Research   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

arm device; elderly population; oscillometric blood pressure measuring device; position sensor; reliability; self measurement of blood pressure; validated devices; wrist device

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; OSCILLOMETRY; WRIST;

EID: 84894103590     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0000000000000013     Document Type: Article

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