Why the study?
Automated cuff BP devices may have different accuracy in adolescents and patients with chronic kidney disease compared to the general population, prompting a need for further confirmation and investigation.
Do automated cuff blood pressure monitors have different accuracy in special populations such as adolescents and patients with chronic kidney disease?
Do automated cuff blood pressure monitors have different accuracy in special populations such as adolescents and patients with chronic kidney disease?
Highlights the need for further research to validate the accuracy of automated cuff blood pressure monitors in special populations.
Clinicians should interpret automated cuff BP readings cautiously in adolescents and CKD; leaves open dedicated validation studies in these groups.
Some evidence suggest that the automated cuff BP devices may have different accuracy in adolescents and in patients with chronic kidney disease than in the general population. More research is needed to confirm these findings and investigate other potential special populations.
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Stergiou et al. (2023) studied this question.
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