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In [[medicine]] and [[physiology]], '''blood pressure determination''' is "techniques for measuring [[blood pressure]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
In [[medicine]] and [[physiology]], '''blood pressure determination''' is "techniques for measuring [[blood pressure]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> An elevated blood pressure may be due to [[hypertension]]. A reduced blood pressure may be due to [[Shock (physiology)|shock]].


A [[systematic review]] by the [http://www.sgim.org/clinexam-rce.cfm Rational Clinical Examination] has reviewed the research on measuring the blood pressure.<ref name="pmid7707630">{{cite journal |author=Reeves RA |title=The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have hypertension? How to measure blood pressure |journal=JAMA |volume=273 |issue=15 |pages=1211–8 |year=1995 |pmid=7707630 |doi=}}</ref>
Blood pressure determination may be inaccurate if a cuff of the wrong  size is used, but home meters usually have only one size, and offices do  not always substitute.  A "thigh" cuff may be needed, for example, to  get an accurate measurement from the upper arm of a muscular athlete or  manual worker.
 
A [[systematic review]] by the [http://www.sgim.org/clinexam-rce.cfm Rational Clinical Examination] has reviewed the research on blood pressure determination.<ref name="pmid7707630">{{cite journal |author=Reeves RA |title=The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have hypertension? How to measure blood pressure |journal=JAMA |volume=273 |issue=15 |pages=1211–8 |year=1995 |pmid=7707630 |doi=}}</ref>


Automated blood pressure determination may reduce detection of [[white coat hypertension]].<ref name="pmid21300709">{{cite journal| author=Myers MG, Godwin  M, Dawes M, Kiss A, Tobe SW, Grant FC et al.| title=Conventional versus  automated measurement of blood pressure in primary care patients with  systolic hypertension: randomised parallel design controlled trial. |  journal=BMJ | year= 2011 | volume= 342 | issue=  | pages= d286 |  pmid=21300709 | doi=10.1136/bmj.d286 | pmc=PMC3034423 | url= }}  </ref>
Automated blood pressure determination may reduce detection of [[white coat hypertension]].<ref name="pmid21300709">{{cite journal| author=Myers MG, Godwin  M, Dawes M, Kiss A, Tobe SW, Grant FC et al.| title=Conventional versus  automated measurement of blood pressure in primary care patients with  systolic hypertension: randomised parallel design controlled trial. |  journal=BMJ | year= 2011 | volume= 342 | issue=  | pages= d286 |  pmid=21300709 | doi=10.1136/bmj.d286 | pmc=PMC3034423 | url= }}  </ref>

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In medicine and physiology, blood pressure determination is "techniques for measuring blood pressure."[1] An elevated blood pressure may be due to hypertension. A reduced blood pressure may be due to shock.

Blood pressure determination may be inaccurate if a cuff of the wrong size is used, but home meters usually have only one size, and offices do not always substitute. A "thigh" cuff may be needed, for example, to get an accurate measurement from the upper arm of a muscular athlete or manual worker.

A systematic review by the Rational Clinical Examination has reviewed the research on blood pressure determination.[2]

Automated blood pressure determination may reduce detection of white coat hypertension.[3]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Blood pressure determination (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Reeves RA (1995). "The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have hypertension? How to measure blood pressure". JAMA 273 (15): 1211–8. PMID 7707630[e]
  3. Myers MG, Godwin M, Dawes M, Kiss A, Tobe SW, Grant FC et al. (2011). "Conventional versus automated measurement of blood pressure in primary care patients with systolic hypertension: randomised parallel design controlled trial.". BMJ 342: d286. DOI:10.1136/bmj.d286. PMID 21300709. PMC PMC3034423. Research Blogging.