Interv Akut Kardiol. 2015;14(2):70-73

Non-invasive blood pressure measurement in patients with hypertension

Jan Chrastina¹, Pavla Doupalová², Jan Václavík²

¹ Ústav speciálněpedagogických studií, Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci

² I. interní klinika &ndash, kardiologická, Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc

The aim of this paper was to summarize published information obtained from relevant outputs of publications, which were focused on the

area of possibilities of non-invasive blood pressure measurement in patients with arterial hypertension. As a method of conceptualizing, the

approach using the analysis, comparison, critical discussion and summary of published results of research and studies (after elimination of

duplicates) that were specifically sought in the period 2000–2014 in available on-line databases, was used. The specific key words and their

combinations with Booley´s operators was used in EBSCO, PubMed, ProQuest, Science Direct databases, Google Scholar and available full texts

of journals published by SOLEN were used too. The paper describes the measurement techniques, cuffs used for measuring, the position

of the patient during measurement, technical equipment used for measurement, necessity of validation and control of devices and the

principles of right measurement, including the elimination of potential mistakes with the respecting of the influencing phenomena.

Keywords: blood pressure, arterial hypertension, blood pressure measurement, principles, tonometer, sphygmomanometer

Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation