title: Finger systolic pressure: its use in screening for hypertension and monitoring.
abstract: A finger sphygmomanometer was compared with a mercury column sphygmomanometer for its ability to screen for hypertension. A total of 881 patients used each machine, both in initial screening and then for monitoring. The finger sphygmomanometer had a specificity of 98.5% in routine screening as compared with 97.6% for the mercury column device. Sensitivity of the finger device was 98.2%. These findings suggest that the finger sphygmomanometer using finger systolic pressure alone is adequate for screening and monitoring blood pressure.
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008365:Manometry; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity