Comparison of stethoscope bell and diaphragm, and of stethoscope tube length, for clinical blood pressure measurement

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 178-183

  Liu, Chengyu ^a,c   Griffiths, Clive ^a   Murray, Alan ^a   Zheng, Dingchang ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bell and diaphragm; blood pressure; Korotkoff sound; stethoscope characteristic; stethoscope tube length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOROTKOFF SOUND; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; STETHOSCOPE; STETHOSCOPE BELL; STETHOSCOPE DIAPHRAGM; STETHOSCOPE HEAD; STETHOSCOPE TUBE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 84953241732     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0000000000000175     Document Type: Article

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