What does this research mean for the field?

The muffling of sounds (the fourth phase of Korotkoff) bears a closer and more constant relationship to directly measured diastolic blood pressure than other indirect measures. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.SUPPORTS_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To compare the effectiveness of direct and indirect methods of measuring blood pressure, particularly focusing on their relationship to diastolic pressure.

August 1, 1953CirculationOpen Access

A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Blood-Pressure Determinations

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LRL. RobertsEastern Health JSJosiah SmileyUniversity of Michigan GMGeorge W. ManningUniversity of Oxford

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Implication

Supports Korotkoff phase 4 for diastolic BP assessment; leaves open need for modern validation before practice change.

Key Points

To compare the effectiveness of direct and indirect methods of measuring blood pressure, particularly focusing on their relationship to diastolic pressure.
Statistical analysis of data comparing direct and indirect methods of blood pressure determination.
Assessment of the fourth phase of Korotkow sounds in relation to diastolic pressure measurements.
Muffling of Korotkow sounds has a closer and more consistent relationship with directly measured diastolic pressure.
Recommendations are made to adopt muffling of sounds as the standard measure for diastolic pressure.

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Roberts et al. (1953) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a14b23d18abc81f8aa5ffc2 https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.8.2.232

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August 1, 1953CirculationOpen Access

A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Blood-Pressure Determinations

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Authors

LRL. RobertsEastern Health JSJosiah SmileyUniversity of Michigan GMGeorge W. ManningUniversity of Oxford

Discussion

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Implication

Supports Korotkoff phase 4 for diastolic BP assessment; leaves open need for modern validation before practice change.

Key Points

To compare the effectiveness of direct and indirect methods of measuring blood pressure, particularly focusing on their relationship to diastolic pressure.
Statistical analysis of data comparing direct and indirect methods of blood pressure determination.
Assessment of the fourth phase of Korotkow sounds in relation to diastolic pressure measurements.
Muffling of Korotkow sounds has a closer and more consistent relationship with directly measured diastolic pressure.
Recommendations are made to adopt muffling of sounds as the standard measure for diastolic pressure.

Cite This Study

Roberts et al. (1953) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a14b23d18abc81f8aa5ffc2 https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.8.2.232

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