Rochester, MN - A study at the Mayo Clinic has found that well-maintained aneroid sphygmomanometers provide accurate measurements of BP and are advisable replacements for mercury sphygmomanometers ...
Blood pressure is an important CHD risk factor and predictor of life expectancy. Guidelines published by the British Hypertension Society recommend that all adults should have their blood pressure ...
Poorly calibrated sphygmomanometers could lead to clinically significant errors in hypertension detection, over and above errors introduced as a result of random ...
Background: Automated devices are widely available in the community for people to measure their blood pressure. We assessed the accuracy and reproducibility of a brand of community-based automated ...
A Canadian study of 85 home devices published in the American Journal of Hypertension last year found most home-monitors were inaccurate. Thousands of people use home blood-pressure (BP) monitoring ...
New York, NY The desire to comply with environmental initiatives clashes with the need for accuracy in measuring blood pressure (BP), as medical experts call for a delay in replacing mercury ...