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Finger systolic pressure: its use in screening for hypertension and monitoring.

A finger sphygmomanometer was compared with a mercury column sphygmomanometer for its ability to screen for hypertension. A total of 881 patients used each machine, both in initial screening and then for monitoring. The finger sphygmomanometer had a specificity of 98.5% in routine screening as compa...

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Main Authors: Close, A, Hamilton, G, Muriss, S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1341569/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3094654
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