title: Evaluating indirect blood pressure measurement techniques: a comparison of three systems in infants and children.
abstract: The systemic arterial blood pressures obtained in infants and children utilizing three indirect measuring devices--Arteriosonde 1010. Infrasonde 3000, Pedisphyg system--were compared to each other and to intra-arterial pressure measured directly. The results indicate that Arteriosonde performs considerably better than Infrasonde; nevertheless, the Arteriosonde values are often only approximations of true systole and diastole. The Pedisphyg system yields accurate, reproducible values for systole; however, the system is not designed to determine diastolic blood pressure.
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004582:Electronics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013599:Systole