Possible sources of discrepancy between sphygmomanometer cuff pressure and blood pressure quantified in a collapsible-tube analogue

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 68-77

  Bertram, C D ^a   Butcher, K S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS--PULSATILE FLOW; MANOMETERS;

ARM CUFF PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PREESSURE; COLLAPSIBLE TUBES; KOROTKOV SOUNDS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPRESSION; CUFF; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIGIDITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; TENSION; TUBE; VISCOSITY;

AUSCULTATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DIASTOLE; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYSTOLE;

EID: 85024657238     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2895452     Document Type: Article

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