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MANAGEMENT 13
Table 1: Standards for Assessment of High Blood Pressure
Established by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Joint National Committee of the US 13
High Blood Pressure - A Defensive and Corrective System, Not a
Disease 13
Significance of Blood Pressure Measurement 14
Hypertension 14
Factors Causing Hypertension 14
Symptoms of Hypertension 15
Strokes, Arteriosclerosis - Associated With Hypertension 15
Arteriosclerosis 15
Strokes 15
Hypertension in Pregnancy Can Prove to be Fatal 16
Hypertension in Teens and Kids 16
Masked Hypertension- Antithesis to White Coat Hypertension 16
6. BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS - PRODUCT
OVERVIEW 17
Blood Pressure Monitoring - An Integral Part of Patient
Monitoring 17
Home Blood Pressure Monitoring - Results in Less Intensive
Drug Treatment 17
Advantages of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring 17
Blood Pressure Monitoring and Measurement Instruments 18
Sphygmomanometers 18
Methodology 18
Inflation Deflation System 19
Observation Error 19
Systematic Error 19
Terminal Digit Preference 19
Observer Prejudice or Bias 19
Elimination of Errors 19
Manometer Positioning 20
Mercury Sphygmomanometers 20
Aneroid Sphygmomanometers 20
Wall Aneroid 21
Pocket Aneroid 21
Roll-By Mobile Aneroid 21
Caliber Adjustable Aneroid Instrument 21
Caliber Series Aneroid Sphygmomanometers 21
Digital Sphygmomanometers 21
Ambulatory and Automated BP Monitors 21
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitors 21
Automated BP Monitors 21
Blood Pressure Transducers 22
Catheters 22
Ways of Obtaining Blood Pressure with a Catheter 22
Validation of BP Measuring Un
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