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Comparison of Dinamap 8100 with sphygmomanometer blood pressure measurement in a prepubertal diabetes cohort
Author(s) -
Jin RZ,
Donaghue KC,
Fairchild JM,
Chan A,
Silink M
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2001.00752.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , sphygmomanometer , diabetes mellitus , diastole , ambulatory blood pressure , cohort , grading (engineering) , cardiology , endocrinology , civil engineering , engineering
Objective : To compare the conventional sphygmomanometer with the semiautomated Dinamap 8100 (Critikon, Tampa, FL, USA) for the measurement of blood pressure in prepubertal children with insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus. Methodology : Blood pressure was measured using both methods in 61 prepubertal children (aged 8–13 years) on 189 occasions over 4 years. The measurements were compared using the Bland–Altman plot. Tracking correlations of blood pressure centiles over time were analyzed by the general estimating equation. Results : Accuracy criteria of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation were met and a British Hypertensive Society ‘B’ grading was reached. Differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressure were found between the two methods ( P < 0.01). For systolic blood pressure, common correlations were 0.54 (Dinamap) and 0.51 (sphygmomanometer) and for diastolic blood pressure were 0.33 and 0.42, respectively. Conclusion : The Dinamap 8100 is an acceptable alternative in clinic practice and research for prepubertal children.