title: Continuous direct and indirect blood pressure measurement (Finapres) in the critically ill.
abstract: Continuous noninvasive blood pressure measurement is of great potential use in the critically ill. This study was designed to find out whether measurements of blood pressure by a Finapres accurately represented intra-arterial pressure. Comparisons were made between readings from a radial artery line and from a Finapres finger cuff in 10 critically ill patients. There was an unpredictable but usually stable difference between measurements from the two sources; this difference varied in magnitude and direction in individual patients. At present the Finapres cannot be recommended as a substitute for intra-arterial blood pressure measurement in the critically ill.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital, Nottingham.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Farquhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000592:standards*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000451:nursing*; D003971:Diastole; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010991:Plethysmography; D013599:Systole