Validation protocols for blood pressure-measuring devices: Status quo and development needs

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Beime, Beate ^a   Deutsch, Cornelia ^a   Gomez, Timothy ^d   Zwingers, Thomas ^b   Mengden, Thomas ^c   Bramlage, Peter ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Fa Estimate GmbH Augsburg   (Germany)

^c KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^d Institute for Research and Medicine Advancement (IRMEDICA)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Blood pressure; Blood pressure device; Oscillometric; Protocols; Upper arm; Validation; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION PROTOCOL; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE METER; BRITISH HYPERTENSION SOCIETY PROTOCOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DHL QUALITY SEAL PROTOCOL; EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF HYPERTENSION PROTOCOL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MERCURY SPHYGMOMANOMETER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF MONITORING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEVICES; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84953636081     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0000000000000150     Document Type: Review

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