Automated sphygmomanometers should not replace manual ones, based on current evidence.
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To the Editor: Myers et al.1 in their article “Comparison Between an Automated and Manual Sphygmomanometer in a Population Survey” compared blood pressures (BPs) measured with a standard mercury sphygmomanometer and an oscillometric sphygmomanometer and concluded that “conventional manual BP readings taken using mercury sphygmomanometry can be replaced by (readings taken using) a validated, automated recorder”. We contend that this conclusion is not supported by their study, which is invalid for four reasons.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- American journal of hypertension
دوره 21 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008