title: The measurement of systemic arterial blood pressure.
abstract: The measurement of blood pressure, sphygmomanometry, can provide much significant information for the optometrist's evaluation of his patient's ocular and related systemic conditions when the principles involved are understood and skill in its measurement is achieved. This paper will discuss the procedural details of blood pressure measurement.
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D004582:Electronics, Medical; D006801:Humans