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Characterization Of The Oscillometric Method For Measuring Indirect Blood Pressure, L A. Geddes, M Voelz, C Combs, D Reiner, Charles F. Babbs
Characterization Of The Oscillometric Method For Measuring Indirect Blood Pressure, L A. Geddes, M Voelz, C Combs, D Reiner, Charles F. Babbs
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications
In this study, human subjects and dogs were used to determine the ability of the oscillometric method to indicate systolic and diastolic pressure. In the human studies, the auscultatory method was used as the reference. In the animal studies, directly recorded blood pressure was used as the reference. The ability of the sudden increase in cuff pressure oscillations during cuff deflation to indicate systolic pressure was examined and found to overestimate systolic pressure slightly in man, but more in animals. Systolic pressure was encountered when the cuff pressure oscillations were about one half of their maximum amplitude. However, in both …