title: [Reliability of blood pressure measurements; comparison of an electronic meter and a mercury manometer in family practice].
abstract: The Riva-Rocci indirect method of measuring the blood pressure carries a number of sources of error. A report is presented of a study of the serviceability of an electronic blood pressure meter as compared with the conventional mercury manometer. Seventy-six paired measurements were carried out in patients selected at random using an electronic blood pressure meter and a mercury manometer meeting all Health Council requirements. The systematic error and the incidental error in both measuring procedures were compared. The differences found were so slight as to be negligible in practice. It is concluded that the electronic blood pressure meter in practice constitutes an acceptable substitute for the conventional mercury manometer.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Huisartsgeneeskunde, Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: van Doorn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van der Does
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lubsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rijsterborgh
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: Betrouwbaarheid van de bloeddrukmeting; vergelijking van een elektronische meter en een kwikmanometer in de huisartspraktijk.