Why the study?
Does an auscultatory automated portable blood pressure monitor provide similar and less variable blood pressure measurements compared to a standard mercury sphygmomanometer in hypertensive patients?
Population
Hypertensive patients (n=10 for the 24-hour profile comparison)
Comparison
Auscultatory automated portable blood pressure… vs Standard mercury sphygmomanometer
Design
Review
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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May support automated monitors to reduce BP variability in practice; leaves open outcome validation in larger cohorts.
Does an auscultatory automated portable blood pressure monitor provide similar and less variable blood pressure measurements compared to a standard mercury sphygmomanometer in hypertensive patients?
Automated portable blood pressure monitors provide similar and less variable readings compared to manual office measurements, supporting their clinical utility.
Bottini et al. (1992) studied this question.
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