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Blood pressure measurement using a sphygmomanometer is a fundamental clinical skill performed by various healthcare professionals and patients to guide medical and epidemiological decisions.
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Highlights the widespread use and importance of blood pressure measurement by various observers, including patients themselves.
Apart from the stethoscope, the sphygmomanometer is probably used S tmore than any other single instrument in both hospital and general practice. Doctors, nurses, and paramedical staff record blood pressure; and decisions on treatment, investigation, prognosis, fitness for insurance and employment, and epidemiological conclusions are based on these measurements. More recently patients themselves are being trained to record their own blood pressure, and there are now machines which record ; ' * 4
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O'Brien et al. (1979) conducted a review in Blood pressure measurement. Blood pressure measurement using a sphygmomanometer is a fundamental clinical skill performed by various healthcare professionals and patients to guide medical and epidemiological decisions.
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