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Blood Pressure Monitor Validation Papers
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Blood Pressure Monitor Validation Papers

International Protocol : E O' Brien, T Pickering, R Asmar, M Myers, G Parati, J Staessen, T Mengden, Y Imai, B Waeber and P Palatini and with the statistical assistance of Neil Atkins and William Gerin, on behalf of the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension, Blood Pressure Monitoring 2002, 7:3-17 http://journals.lww.com/bpmonitoring/pages/default.aspx 

British Hypertension Society Protocol : O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W et al. (1993) The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertension. 11(suppl 2) : S43-S62

ANSI/AAMI SP10-2002 Protocol : Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. American National Standard. Electronic or automated sphygmomanometers ANSI/AAMI SP10-2002. 3330 Washington Boulevard, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22201-4598, USA: AAMI; 2003

Blood Pressure Monitor Guidelines

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA):  Report of the Independent Advisory Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Practice, June 2005
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PASA Buyer's guide to Hospital Grade Non-invasive Blood Pressure Monitors CEP 08035 (May 08) 
Buyers' guide: Low cost Non-invasive Blood Pressure Monitors - CEP 08035 (September 08)
These guides focus on the importance of clinical validations and follow up on the advice given in the note from the Chief Medical Officer and in MHRA's Medical Advice Alert. Available to download free of charge from: www.pasa.nhs.uk/cep

Blood Pressure Measurement Papers

Blood pressure self monitoring: questions and answers from a national conference.
Richard J McManus, Paul Glasziou, Andrew Hayen, Jonathan Mant, Paul Padfield, John Potter, Emma P Bray, David Mant.
BMJ 2008;337:a2732
www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/dec22_1/a2732

Blood Pressure Centiles (in Children and Young People) for Great Britain
Jackson LV, Thalange NKS & Cole T
Children Under Pressure: an underestimated burden? (Perspective on the above paper) Stranges S & Cappuccio FP
Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2007; 92;298-303
http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/92/4/298

European Society of Hypertension recommendations for conventional, ambulatory and home blood pressure measurement (click here)
E O'Brien, R Asmar, L Beilin, Y Imai, JM Mallion, G Mancia, T Mengden, M Myers, P Padfield, P Palatini, G Parati, T Pickering, J Redon, J Staessen, G Stergiou & P Verdecchia. Journal of Hypertension 2003, Vol 21, 5: 821-848

Golera M, Benedict A, Jones C, Randhawa M, Poston L, Shennan AH. Inflationary oscillometry provides accurate measurement of blood pressure in pre-eclampsia. BJOG: International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2002; 109; 1143-1147

Beevers G, Lip GYH, O'Brien E. ABC of Hypertension Blood Pressure Measurement, Part IV - Automated Sphygmomanometry: self blood pressure measurement. British Medical Journal 2001;322:1160-70

Beevers G, Lip GYH, O'Brien E. ABC of Hypertension Blood Pressure Measurement, Part III - Automated Sphygmomanometry: ambulatory blood pressure measurement. British Medical Journal 2001;322:1110-4

Beevers G, Lip GYH, O'Brien E. ABC of Hypertension Blood Pressure Measurement, Part II - Conventional Sphygmomanometry: technique of auscultatory blood pressure measurement. British Medical Journal 2001;322:1043-7  

Beevers G, Lip GYH, O'Brien E. ABC of Hypertension Blood Pressure Measurement, Part I - Sphygmomanometry: factors common to all techniques. British Medical Journal 2001;322:981-5  

O'Brien E, Coats A, Owens P, Petrie J, Padfield PL, Littler WA, de Swiet M, Mee F Use and interpretation of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: recommendations of the British Hypertension Society British Medical Journal 2000; 320:1128-34

de Swiet M, Dillon MJ, Littler W, O'Brien E, Padfield PL, Petrie JC . Measurement of Blood Pressure in Children. Recommendations of a working party of the British Hypertension Society. British Medical Journal 1989; 299: 497.

British Hypertension Society Recommendations on Blood Pressure Measurement. British Medical Journal, 1986;293:611.

For further information and guidance about ambulatory blood pressure monitoring go to www.dableducational.com

Mercury Issues

BHS Statement on the use of Mercury Sphygmomanometers in clinical practice

Markandu ND , Whitcher F, Arnold A and Carney C. The mercury sphygmomanometer should be abandoned before it is proscribed. Journal of Human Hypertension (2000) 14, 31-36.

O'Brien E. Replacing the mercury sphygmomanometer - requires clinicians to demand better automated devices. BMJ 320, 815-816

Langford NJ , Ferner RE. Toxicity of mercury. Correspondence: NJ Langford Journal of Human Hypertension, October 1999, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 651-656(6)

Archive

Technique of Blood Pressure Measurement - a poster to illustrate recommended techniques. Journal of Hypertension, 1985,3:293.

O'Brien E, Petrie J, Littler W, de Swiet M, Padfield PL, O'Malley K, Jamieson M, Altman D, Bland M, Atkins N. British Hypertension Society Protocol for the Evaluation of Automated and Semi-automated Blood Pressure Measuring Devices with special reference to Ambulatory Systems. Journal of Hypertension,1990,8:607-619.