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Validation of the Finometer device for measurement of blood pressure in black women.

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العنوان: Validation of the Finometer device for measurement of blood pressure in black women.
المؤلفون: Schutte, A.E., Huisman, H.W., van Rooyen, J.M., Malan, N.T., Schutte, R.
المصدر: Journal of Human Hypertension; Feb2004, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p79-84, 6p
مصطلحات موضوعية: HYPERTENSION, BLOOD pressure measurement, MEDICAL equipment, BLOOD circulation disorders, DIAGNOSIS
مصطلحات جغرافية: UNITED Kingdom
مستخلص: The improved Finapres apparatus, known as the Fino-meter, measures finger blood pressure noninvasively on a beat-to-beat basis and gives waveform measurements similar to intra-arterial recordings. The Finometer measures brachial pressure and corrects for finger pressure accordingly. It also corrects for the hydrostatic height of the finger with respect to the heart level. The objective was to validate the Finometer according to the revised British Hypertension Society (BHS) protocol and the criteria of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). We carried out a main validation test using a subject group of 102 black women, which was also divided into smaller groups, namely 24 hypertensives, 25 obese normotensive and 35 lean normotensive women. Finometer and mercury sphygmomanometer blood pressure (BP) measurements were taken early in the morning before breakfast, after the subjects stayed overnight in a research unit. Within the whole subject group, the Finometer satisfied the AAMI criteria for accuracy and achieved an overall A/B grading according to the BHS criteria. The sphygmomanometer measurements were 128±20/78±12?mmHg compared to 130±20/78±11?mmHg for the Finometer. The average differences between the mercury sphygmomanometer and Finometer readings for systolic and diastolic BP were, respectively, -1.83±6.8 and 0.88±7.5. Systolic readings of the Finometer device differed by less than 5?mmHg for 64%, by less than 10?mmHg for 86% and differed by less than 15?mmHg for 96% of all readings. A total of 63% of all diastolic readings of the Finometer by less than 5?mmHg, 85% by less than 10?mmHg and 94% of all readings differed by less than 15?mmHg. On the basis of these results, the Finometer device satisfied the validation criteria of AAMI and received an A/B grading according to the BHS protocol. It can therefore be recommended for measurements in the clinical set-up and for research purposes.Journal of Human Hypertension (2004) 18, 79-84. doi:10.1038/sj.jhh.1001639 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index
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تدمد:09509240
DOI:10.1038/sj.jhh.1001639