title: Arterial blood pressure measurement technique.
abstract: Arterial blood pressure (BP) measurements, which include invasive direct methods and noninvasive indirect methods, provide a picture of the hemodynamic status of the patient. Invasive BP methods measure pressure pulse wave amplitude; noninvasive methods rely on blood flow or arterial wall motion as a basis for the determination of BP values. To obtain the most accurate BP value, the clinician must identify which measurement variables in a specific clinical situation are most contributory to error and, if possible, use a method of measurement for which the sources of error are not parallel. Blood pressure values obtained by different methods cannot be compared without a thorough understanding of the user-related and instrumentation-related limitations associated with each BP measurement technique.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gorny
mesh_terms: D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing