title: Automated noninvasive blood pressure measurement.
abstract: Noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) is one of the most common vital signs monitored by today's bedside and transport monitors. A variety of NIBP measurement methods has been used in these monitors. Some of the methods provide intermittent measurements over a period of time, while others provide continuous measurement on a beat-to-beat basis. Most of the monitors provide for on-demand measurement as well as automatic measurement at user-selected intervals. The measurement accuracy of an NIBP monitor is typically established by clinical evaluation. Generally safe and easy to use, NIBP monitors play a very important role in patient care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D015982:Bias; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans