Performance of oscillometric blood pressure devices in children in resource-poor settings.
OBJECTIVE
To compare oscillometric blood pressure devices with mercury sphygmomanometry in children.


METHODS
Blood pressure measurements were obtained with a mercury sphygmomanometer and one of two oscillometric devices. Correlations within each device and agreement between the two devices were evaluated.


RESULTS
In children, blood pressure measured by the oscillometric device was poorly correlated and had wide limits of agreements with the sphygmomanometer. Furthermore, the oscillometric devices overestimated systolic blood pressure in children with higher readings.


CONCLUSIONS
The applicability of automated blood pressure measuring devices in children has limitations and cannot be recommended.
Miranda
Juan Jaime
JJ
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK. jaime.miranda@lshtm.ac.uk
Stanojevic
Sanja
S
Bernabe-Ortiz
Antonio
A
Gilman
Robert H
RH
Smeeth
Liam
L
D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010568:Peru; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019037:Urban Health Services