The need for a standardized protocol for validating non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure measuring devices.
Increasing interest in ambulatory blood pressure measurement has resulted in the proliferation of non-invasive measurement systems. This paper discusses the problems associated with validation of these systems. There is an urgent requirement for a standardized protocol for validation of ambulatory systems which is practicable, universally applicable and which is acceptable to investigators, publishing houses and the manufacturing industry.
O'Brien
E
E
Blood Pressure Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
O'Malley
K
K
Sheridan
J
J
D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002138:Calibration / Q000592:standards; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards