title: [Screening for hypertension by means of automatic measurement of the systolic blood pressure according to the Penáz-principle].
abstract: The plethysmomanometer after Penáz allows the automatic measurement of the systolic blood pressure in a finger artery. On the basis of the comparative measurements on 250 patients the result was a probably linear correlation with a correlation coefficient r = 0.821 between the systolic blood pressure after Riva-Rocci and the systolic pressure of the finger artery. Only in few cardiologic diseases (e.g. disturbances of the cardiac rhythm, severe cyanotic failures, arteriovenous fistules on the forearm) the devices cannot be used. Provided with adequate technical improvements the device might be used for the screening of hypertension.
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010991:Plethysmography
vernacular_title: Beitrag zum Hypertoniescreening durch automatische Messung des systolischen Blutdruckes nach Panáz-Prinzip.