Mercury Sphygmomanometers Should Not be Abandoned: An Advisory Statement From the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association
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Mercury sphygmomanometers should not be abandoned: An advisory statement from the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Association.
In healthcare institutions around this country and around the world, mercury sphygmomanometers are being removed.1 In many situations, the decision to replace the instruments is being made without significant input from involved clinicians or consideration of the health risks that will follow if they are replaced by less accurate devices. Blood pressure measurement is an important indicator of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.37.2.185