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January 1, 1992American Journal of Hypertension

Discrepancies in Recording Systolic Blood Pressure of Elderly Persons by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor

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Why the study?

Does the Suntech Accutracker II ABPM accurately measure blood pressure compared to auscultation in adults across different ages?

Population

103 participants ages 23 through 91

Comparison

Suntech Accutracker II ambulatory blood pressure… vs Simultaneous auscultation by two technicians

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SMSusan MillerTufts UniversityJEJanet T. ElamUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMGMarshall J. GraneyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center

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Implication

Automated ABPM recordings may have a systematic bias compared to auscultation that increases with age, potentially affecting the interpretation of blood pressure in elderly persons.

Structured PICO

Does the Suntech Accutracker II ABPM accurately measure blood pressure compared to auscultation in adults across different ages?

P
Population
103 participants ages 23 through 91
I
Intervention
Suntech Accutracker II ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM)
C
Comparator
Simultaneous auscultation by two technicians
O
Outcome
Agreement between auscultatory blood pressure measurements and recordings of the ABPMsurrogate

Automated ABPM recordings may have a systematic bias compared to auscultation that increases with age, potentially affecting the interpretation of blood pressure in elderly persons.

Cite This Study

Miller et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7a2b078a3ae1c74232a0behttps://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/5.1.16

Topics

Hypertension management
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