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The effect of sleeved arms on oscillometric blood pressure measurement.

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Holleman, DR; Westman, EC; McCrory, DC; Simel, DL
Published in: J Gen Intern Med
June 1993

The authors measured the blood pressures of 36 subjects who had bare and sleeved arms to determine the effect of wearing sleeves on automatic oscillometric blood pressure measurements. They found no statistically significant effect of sleeves on the measurement of either systolic or diastolic blood pressure (p > 0.15). However, based on confidence intervals of possible sleeve effects, the authors recommend repeating blood pressure measurements on bared arms when the sleeved-arm oscillometric measurements are at least 86 mm Hg diastolic or 135 mm Hg systolic.

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J Gen Intern Med

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ISSN

0884-8734

Publication Date

June 1993

Volume

8

Issue

6

Start / End Page

325 / 326

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Oscillometry
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Female
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Clothing
  • Blood Pressure Determination
 

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Holleman, D. R., Westman, E. C., McCrory, D. C., & Simel, D. L. (1993). The effect of sleeved arms on oscillometric blood pressure measurement. J Gen Intern Med, 8(6), 325–326. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600148
Holleman, D. R., E. C. Westman, D. C. McCrory, and D. L. Simel. “The effect of sleeved arms on oscillometric blood pressure measurement.J Gen Intern Med 8, no. 6 (June 1993): 325–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600148.
Holleman DR, Westman EC, McCrory DC, Simel DL. The effect of sleeved arms on oscillometric blood pressure measurement. J Gen Intern Med. 1993 Jun;8(6):325–6.
Holleman, D. R., et al. “The effect of sleeved arms on oscillometric blood pressure measurement.J Gen Intern Med, vol. 8, no. 6, June 1993, pp. 325–26. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF02600148.
Holleman DR, Westman EC, McCrory DC, Simel DL. The effect of sleeved arms on oscillometric blood pressure measurement. J Gen Intern Med. 1993 Jun;8(6):325–326.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Gen Intern Med

DOI

ISSN

0884-8734

Publication Date

June 1993

Volume

8

Issue

6

Start / End Page

325 / 326

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Oscillometry
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Female
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Clothing
  • Blood Pressure Determination