Revalidation of game for teaching blood pressure auscultatory measurement: a pilot study.

Accuracy of the Omron HEM-705 CP for blood pressure measurement in large epidemiologic studies.

BACKGROUND Accurate measurement of blood pressure is of utmost importance in hypertension research. In the context of epidemiologic and clinical studies, oscillometric devices offer important advantages to overcome some of the limitations of the auscultatory method. Even though their accuracy has been evaluated in multiple studies in the clinical setting, there is little evidence of their perfo...

An auscultatory recording method for blood pressure measurement during exercise.

For inspective determination of blood pressure at rest and during exercise, simultaneous recordings of cuff pressure, Korotkov's sounds, and ECG by an electromagnetic oscillograph were necessary. We devised an apparatus in line with the requirement. Results obtained using this apparatus demonstrate that the auscultatory recording method is suitable to determine the blood pressure during submaxi...

Arterial blood pressure monitoring in overweight critically ill patients: invasive or noninvasive?

INTRODUCTION Blood pressure measurements frequently guide management in critical care. Direct readings, commonly from a major artery, are considered to be the gold standard. Because arterial cannulation is associated with risks, alternative noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurements are routinely used. However, the accuracy of NIBP determinations in overweight patients in the outpatient set...

ABC of hypertension: Blood pressure measurement. Part II-conventional sphygmomanometry: technique of auscultatory blood pressure measurement.

Accuracy of automated auscultatory blood pressure measurement during supine exercise and treadmill stress ECG-testing

Objectives Monitoring of brachial blood pressure during exercise-ECG testing is mandatory and changes in blood pressure (BP) can provide critical management evidence. Patient movement, mechanical vibration, artifactual sounds and observer variability make standard manual techniques problematic. This was an investigator-initiated study to assess an automated auscultatory technique of BP assessme...