Automated blood pressure measurement may not improve efficiency if manual technique was suboptimal

Automated versus manual blood pressure measurement: a randomized crossover trial.

This study evaluated the accuracy and reliability of the Dinamap 8100 automated blood pressure machine against three internationally recognized criteria. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were taken concurrently by two nurses using the automated machine and a manual sphygmomanometer. Results demonstrated agreement between automated and manual readings on one set of criteria for both systol...

endotracheal tube cuff pressure assessment: education may improve but not guarantee the safety of palpation technique

conclusions implementing educational programs with the introduction of estimation techniques besides the use of manometer as a standard intraoperative monitoring will improve the safety of the practice. results the mean etcp after the in vitro survey was significantly lower than the mean etcp before the intervention (45 ± 13 vs. 51 ± 15 cm h2o, p = 0.002). the rate of measurements within the sa...

Automated blood pressure measurement for diagnosing hypertension.

Guidelines for the management of hypertension have started to include home blood pressure (BP) and 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring as preferred methods for diagnosing hypertension. The next step will be to incorporate automated office BP measurement into the algorithm for diagnosing hypertension. Recent studies support this approach with automated office BP readings being closely correlated with ...

Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure Assessment: Education May Improve but not Guarantee the Safety of Palpation Technique

BACKGROUND Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure (ETCP) should be kept in the range of 20 - 30 cm H2O. Earlier studies suggested that ETCP assessment by palpation of pilot balloon results in overinflation or underinflation and subsequent complications such as tracheal wall damage and aspiration. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of an in vitro educational program on the abil...

ABC of hypertension. Blood pressure measurement. Part III-automated sphygmomanometry: ambulatory blood pressure measurement.