Blood pressure monitoring
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Blood pressure monitoring · Jun 2007
Comparative StudyComparison of noninvasive oscillometric and intra-arterial blood pressure measurements in hyperacute stroke.
This study aims to compare automatic oscillometric blood pressure recordings with simultaneous direct intra-arterial blood pressure measurements in hyperacute stroke patients to test the accuracy of oscillometric readings. ⋯ Noninvasive automatic oscillometric BP measurements underestimate direct SBP recordings and overestimate direct DBP readings in acute stroke. The magnitude of the discrepancy between intra-arterial and oscillometric SBP recordings is even more prominent in patients with critically elevated SBP levels.