Which cuff should I use? Indirect blood pressure measurement for the diagnosis of hypertension in patients with obesity: A diagnostic accuracy review

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Irving, Greg ^a   Holden, John ^b   Stevens, Richard ^c   McManus, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Garswood Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; FINGER; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRIST; ADULT; AGED; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY SIZE; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY SIZE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

EID: 84994716619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012429     Document Type: Article

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