An internet-based blood pressure monitoring system for patients.
We developed a personal blood pressure monitoring system for patients with hypertension or hypotension. The system can be used to measure a patient's blood pressure at home and to transmit the data automatically to a hospital database via the Internet. The accuracy of blood pressure readings using the system was assessed by comparison with readings from a standard digital sphygmomanometer in four subjects. The measurement error for the systolic readings was 1.7-2.7% and for the diastolic readings 2.7-3.2%. The system therefore appears to be a promising means of assessing blood pressure remotely.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor. ishak@eng.upm.edu.my
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D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D020407:Internet; D017216:Telemedicine