Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement Devices in Pregnancy

Accuracy and reliability of wrist-cuff devices for self-measurement of blood pressure.

OBJECT Self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) might offer some advantages in diagnosis and therapeutic evaluation and in patient management of hypertension. Recently, wrist-cuff devices for self-measurement of BP have gained more than one-third of the world market share. In the present study, we validated wrist-cuff devices and compared the results between wrist- and arm-cuff devices. The fact...

Accuracy of Automated Blood Pressure Measurement in Children

There is a general consensus in the European and American guidelines for pediatric hypertension that children from 3 years of age and older who are seen in a medical setting should have their blood pressure (BP) measured. This is because hypertension in children and adolescents has become an emerging public health issue, with increasing prevalence mainly driven by the obesity epidemic in this p...

Accuracy of blood pressure measurement in the family practice center.

BACKGROUND Equipment, physiologic, and technique factors can influence the accuracy of blood pressure measurement. The current study was designed to isolate certain technique factors and then assess the accuracy of nursing personnel measurements of blood pressure in three residency family practice centers. METHODS An experienced registered nurse was trained in applying the American Heart Asso...

Accuracy of indirect blood pressure measurement in the elderly.

Accuracy of pulse interval timing in ambulatory blood pressure measurement

Blood pressure (BP) monitors rely on pulse detection. Some blood pressure monitors use pulse timings to analyse pulse interval variability for arrhythmia screening, but this assumes that the pulse interval timings detected from BP cuffs are accurate compared with RR intervals derived from ECG. In this study we compared the accuracy of pulse intervals detected using an ambulatory blood pressure ...