Measuring diastolic blood pressure in pregnancy
- 6 July 1996
- Vol. 313 (7048) , 4-5
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7048.4
Abstract
Although measuring blood pressure and detecting hypertension remain at the core of antenatal monitoring, there has long been uncertainty about whether to record diastolic pressure as the point when the sounds muffle (Korotkoff phase IV) or when they disappear (phase V). The World Health Organisation recommends the use of phase IV,1 …Keywords
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