Validation requirements for ambulatory blood pressure measuring systems.
The increasing application of ambulatory blood pressure measurement in clinical practice has stimulated the manufacture of a large number of ambulatory systems which must be independently validated. The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices has now been used to evaluate eight ambulatory systems. Based on this experience recommendations are made for improving validation techniques for the evaluation of ambulatory devices.
O'Brien
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Blood Pressure Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Mee
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F
Atkins
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N
O'Malley
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K
D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results