A finger volume-oscillometric device for monitoring ambulatory blood pressure: laboratory and clinical evaluations.

摘要: A new portable device for the indirect measurement of ambulatory blood pressure in finger was successfully applied to normotensive and hypertensive subjects outside a ward setting. The uses volume-oscillometric technique and, equipped with microprocessor, permits long-term monitoring systolic mean at desired intervals (once every 1-10 min). Systolic pressures obtained by this method were well correlated those measured direct (Oxford) arm-cuff methods. diastolic almost identical recorded an arm-cuff. volume oscillometric was, however, significantly lower than that method. has also been used measure during treadmill exercise ice-water immersion. Mean values SD these averaged 24 hours, or hour, reproducible when measurements repeated under same condition. present is portable, causes minimal noise, can detect rapid change less discomfort compared conventional Regular be made sleep disturbance. This fully automatic allows reliable 24-hour not only but setting, as such useful studies hypertension.