title: Inflationary oscillometric blood pressure monitoring: validation of the OMRON-MIT.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To evaluate the accuracy of the OMRON-MIT, (an automated inflationary oscillometric blood pressure monitoring device) for use in the general population by direct comparison to standard auscultatory mercury sphygmomanometry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two trained, blinded observers taking simultaneous blood pressure measurements alternating between a mercury sphygmomanometer and the OMRON-MIT.
  
  
  METHODS
  The evaluation was carried out according to the revised British Hypertension Society protocol. The validation data was also classified by the American Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The OMRON-MIT device achieved a BHS grade A for both systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). It also met the criteria for the AAMI protocol, the mean difference between the MIT and standard was -2.0 +/- 7 mmHg for SBP and -2.0 +/- 6 mmHg for DBP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inflationary oscillometry is a valid technique for the measurement of blood pressure. The OMRON-MIT, which uses this technique, is accurate and can be recommended for clinical use in the adult population.
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Foetal Research Unit, GKT School of Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Moneli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golara
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Manjit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Randhawa
authors.forename: Andrew H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Shennan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000592:standards*; D002138:Calibration; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D009991:Oscillometry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results