Obesity, hypertension and home sphygmomanometer cuffs

Akpolat T.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, cilt.21, sa.4, ss.338-340, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.05.002
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.338-340
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Obesity, Hypertension, Home sphygmomanometers, Cuff size, SOCIETY
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Since the increasing prevalence of obesity leads to a larger mean arm circumferences in the hypertensive population and appropriate cuff size is essential for accurate measurement of blood pressure, overweight and obese patients often require automated home sphygmomanometers with large- or extra large-sized cuffs. The aims of this study were to evaluate the information about cuff size on automated upper arm home sphygmomanometer packing boxes and compare the findings with wrist device boxes.