OBJECTIVES To compare the agreement between conventional measurement of blood pressure and measurements obtained using two automated devices; and to compare how comfortable each of the three methods of measurement were for patients. METHODS Blood pressure measurements and patient comfort scores were recorded using three different devices in 125-surgery and 40-community patients. The devices u...

Accurate continuous direct measurement of the blood pressure is currently available thru direct invasive methods via intravascular needles, and is mostly limited to use during surgical procedures or in the intensive care unit (ICU). Non-invasive methods that are mostly based on auscultation or cuff oscillometric principles do provide relatively accurate measurement of blood pressure. However, t...

The Literature review indicates that the high blood pressure has a different prevalence in various population of Iran and in the age group of 35 and above the rate varies from 7% in Qushguai tribe to 30% in Teheran and Anzali. The purpose of this study is to know whether the essential hypertension begins at the early age of life; and also to standardizing the normal value of blood pressure in c...

Background and Objectives: Strenuous exercises have been shown to induce inflammation. However, consumption of products rich in antioxidants such as vitamin C may enhance this effect. The purpose of this study was to assess effects of vitamin C supplementation on C-reactive protein, lactate and blood pressure following resistance exercise in overweight men. Materials and Methods: In a randomiz...

Background Automated techniques of blood pressure (BP) measurement are increasingly being used to diagnose white-coat hypertension [1,2]. Compared to conventional blood pressure (CBP) measurement by the Korotkoff method, they are more reproducible and not subject to digit preference or observer bias. Self-measurement of the blood pressure at home (HBP) is less expensive than ambulatory blood pr...

aim and backgruond: blood pressure  , one of the most important public health problem in the world is the main risk factors for heart disease .depression is the common comorbod psychiatric disorder among patient with medicin  conditions .this aim was to    compared   depression between   patients with hypertension and  normal  people . methods and materials: in the case-control ,143 consecative...

The commonly used techniques for systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) measurement are the auscultatory Korotkoff-based sphygmomanometry and oscillometry. The former technique is relatively accurate but is limited to a physician's office because its automatic variant is subject to noise artifacts. Consequently, the Korotkoff-based measurement overestimates the blood p...

Poor fidelity invasive arterial blood pressure (IABP) traces are a frequent practical problem. It is common practice to describe any such trace as being 'damped'; the resonance behaviour of IABP measurement systems having been extensively described in the literature. However, as poor quality arterial blood pressure signals are seen even with optimal pressure transduction circuits, this cannot b...

BACKGROUND Blood pressure (BP) is usually measured by conventional sphygmomanometry. Although apparently simple, this procedure is fraught with many potential sources of error. This review focuses on two alternative techniques of BP measurement: ambulatory monitoring and self measurement. REVIEW BP values obtained by ambulatory monitoring or self measurement are characterised by high reproduc...

Accurate measurement of blood pressure is an important skill for medical students and doctors. This article presents a comprehensive, concise and evidence-based method for the measurement of blood pressure, consistent with The Principles of Clinical Examination [1]. We describe the abnormalities of blood pressure which may be detected on examination and, based on a review of the literature, the...