OBJECTIVE To perform validation for an arm-type oscillometric TM-2655 device (A&D Company Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) for blood pressure measurement according to the British Hypertension Society protocol. METHODS Eighty-five study participants (33 men and 52 women) were included in the study. Mean age was 52.9+/-15.0 years, systolic blood pressure range was 84-208 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure ran...

Mercury sphygmomanometers are being removed from clinical practice in the United States due to environmental concerns about mercury toxicity. Accurate blood pressure measurement is central to high-quality hypertension management. In this study of 106 patients, the BpTRU device was compared to nurse blood pressure measurements that complied with all the JNC VII/ American Heart Association guidel...

In this paper we present an acquisition chain for the measurement of blood arterial pressure based on the oscillometric method. This method does not suffer from any limitation as the well-known auscultatory method and it is suited for wearable health monitoring systems. The device uses a pressure sensor whose signal is filtered, digitalized and analyzed by a microcontroller. Local analysis allo...

INTRODUCTION Blood pressure (BP) measurement is essential for epidemiological studies and clinical decisions. It seems that tissue characteristics can affect BP results and we try to find edema effect on BP results taken by different methods. METHODS BP of 55 children before open heart surgery were measured and compared according to three methods: Arterial as standard and reference, oscillome...

Limited data exist on the comparison of blood pressure (BP) measurements using aneroid and oscillometric devices. The purpose of the study was to investigate the difference in BP obtained using oscillometric and aneroid BP monitors in 9- to 10-year-old children. A total of 979 children were divided into group O, which underwent two oscillometric BP readings followed by two aneroid readings, and...

Brachial artery cuff blood pressures are but approximations of central aortic pressures. The actual pressures against which the left ventricle must pump would be useful clinical information if obtained noninvasively. Our aim was to determine the clinical utility of aortic pulses and pressures calculated from noninvasively obtained radial-artery pulses. Radial-arterial pulses were recorded by ap...

The International Diabetes Federation consensus worldwide definition of the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is central obesity and any two of the diabetes, hypertension or dyslipidemia [1]. In recent years, by rapid aging and change of a lifestyle, prevalence of MS is thought about 20 million people in Japan, so the importance of the health care administration has been proposed. MS is associated with a...