Open AccessWhich is More Accurate in Measuring the Blood Pressure? A Digital or an Aneroid Sphygmomanometer
Author(s) -
Bhaskar Shahbabu,
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Kaushik Sarkar,
Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/14351.7458
Subject(s) - sphygmomanometer , blood pressure , mercury (programming language) , medicine , morning , receiver operating characteristic , cardiology , computer science , programming language
Hypertension is one of the major public health problem affecting the whole world so its accurate measurement is of utmost importance for its early diagnosis and management. Concerns related to the potential ill effects of mercury on health and environment, has led to the widespread use of non-mercury sphygmomanometers.