Finger systolic pressure: its use in screening for hypertension and monitoring.
- 27 September 1986
- Vol. 293 (6550) , 775-778
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.293.6550.775
Abstract
A finger sphygmomanometer was compared with a mercury column sphygmomanometer for its ability to screen for hypertension. A total of 881 patients used each machine, both in initial screening and then for monitoring. The finger sphygmomanometer had a specificity of 98.5% in routine screening as compared with 97.6% for the mercury column device. Sensitivity of the finger device was 98.2%. These findings suggest that the finger sphygmomanometer using finger systolic pressure alone is adequate for screening and monitoring blood pressure.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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